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WE have been a nation for more than a century, and most of that time without knowing precisely what we meant by the phrase "citizen of the United States." Mr. Jefferson, who impressed himself so indelibly upon our early constitutional and political history, had become intoxicated to the ve...

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Published in:Political science quarterly 1886-06, Vol.I (2), p.0_003
Main Author: Scruggs, William L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:WE have been a nation for more than a century, and most of that time without knowing precisely what we meant by the phrase "citizen of the United States." Mr. Jefferson, who impressed himself so indelibly upon our early constitutional and political history, had become intoxicated to the verge of madness with the utopian theories of government formulated by Rousseau. He started out with the assumption that every man was a sort of nondescript sovereign floating at random through the universe, governed by laws inherent in himself...
ISSN:0032-3195
1538-165X