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The Shadowlands of Conduct: Ethics and State Politics by Beth A. Rosenson. Washington DC, Georgetown University Press, 2005. 256 pp. $26.95.
On Saturday, June 30, 1787, Gunning Bedford, Jr., Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Delaware and James Madison's college roommate, rose to object to what he saw as a corrupt juggernaut of large economic and political interests rolling over his constituents. In a famous statement that resonates with the theme of Beth Rosenson's book, Bedford said, "I do not, gentlemen, trust you. If you possess the power, the abuse of it could not be checked." (30 June 1787, http://yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/const/yates.htm)....
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