2008
Founding fathers and authors, for example, of The Federalist Papers, spent little time on the issue of ethics. Integrity in a century of recognition of “natural law” was something seemingly inborn. Thus began the long and distinguished history of the United States’ upper and lower legislative chambers. {download PDf}
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