7. The framers wanted a presidency that served the common good. By definition, the presidency should not include incentives for partisan or populist behavior. Alexander Hamilton summed it up in 1788, saying, “We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.”
Image: James Monroe, by Samuel Morse.
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