[mjp]

the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.

Madison and Jefferson considered the natural rights of the individual as absolute because they are God-given, and as having primacy over the majority and the state.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Wilson wrote several things disparaging of the founders and our documents. I have those in my huge stack of notes, keep an eye on my postings going forward.