I go now to Art. Or in other words, they shall vote for two, one or both of whom they know nothing of. They, and only they, have a right to determine whether they will make laws, or execute them, or do both in a collective body, or by a delegated authority.
Delegation is a positive actual investiture.
They are wholly passive, and as far as they are so, are in a state of slavery. Thank heaven we are not yet arrived at that state. Let us therefore continue united in the cause of rational liberty. Let unity and liberty be our mark as well as our motto. This page developed by Robert F. Bodi for The Federalist Society , student chapter at The University of Akron - School of Law .