Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people ... turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the Government ... Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.” ~ Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the TreasurySource: speech to the Constitutional Convention concerning the United States Senate, 06/18/1787, quoted in the notes of Judge Yates