Common sense isn't.
| Quote of the moment |
| [I]t [is] indispensable that some provision should be made for defending the Community agst [against] the incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the chief Magistrate. The limitation of the period of his service was not a sufficient security. He might lose his capacity after his appointment. He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers. . . In the case of the Executive Magistracy, which was to be administered by a single man, loss of capacity or corruption, was more within the compass of probable events, and either of them might be fatal to the Republic. |
| ~ Constitutional Convention, July 20, 1787 (James Madison, 1900-1910, IV, pages 15-16) ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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