Thomas Jefferson opposed the two-house legislature, but George Washington supported the system by explaining __________
a. “we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it”
b. “we must beware the mischief of factions”
c. “alas, men are not angels”
d. “...nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”
ANS: A
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