books.google.com - The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental in scope that the key actors considered this new government to be a work of art framed from natural rights. Recognizing the artificial nature of the state, these early politicians believed...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_State_as_a_Work_of_Art.html?id=WCiVzB9VfHgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe State as a Work of Art