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How the U.S. Constitution was designed with respect for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

A 1786 tax revolt by farmers helped push Hamilton, Madison and Jay to argue for a constitution that assumed the worst of human nature, not the best.

19.07.2026 10

Fortune

Donovan Fifield

After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

After the colonists declared their independence, designing a government was next. Three of the founding generation said the new government needed to...

16.07.2026 10

The Conversation

Donovan Fifield