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It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.","Letter to Massachusetts Militia, 1798",{"quote":131,"context":132},"I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.","Letter to Abigail Adams, 1780",[134,136,138],{"title":135,"summary":135},"Champion of liberty who signed laws restricting free speech",{"title":137,"summary":137},"Revolutionary who distrusted democracy and popular rule",{"title":139,"summary":139},"Defender of independence who was accused of monarchism",38,72,35,25,[145],{"archetype_slug":80,"strength":146,"description":147},4,"As a Federalist framer and second president he institutionalized limited constitutional government, separation of powers, and the rule of law in the early republic.",[149,155],{"is_primary":113,"traditions":150},{"id":151,"name":152,"slug":153,"short_description":154},40,"Republicanism","republicanism","The political tradition that emphasizes self-government, popular sovereignty, and the rule of citizens over themselves rather than rule by kings or aristocrats.",{"is_primary":115,"traditions":156},{"id":157,"name":158,"slug":159,"short_description":160},44,"Enlightenment Philosophy","enlightenment-philosophy","The 18th century intellectual movement committed to reason, individual rights, equality, and the critical examination of inherited authority."]