founding, n.Definitions

Founding (n.) a ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠state and giving it laws is the supreme test that separates the men from the boys.

Founding (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be the work of one man alone: no state receives good institutions, or has them recast from scratch, except at the hands of a single person with undivided authority.

Founding (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an overflow, a bestowal: what art founds can never be proved from, derived from, or made up for by what was already at hand.

Founding (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a State is like a battalion forming up: the moment it sets its house in order is when it is easiest to destroy.