As one does, I was reading parts of the Federalist Papers today. I wasn’t reading them all. Again. Did that when I was 11.

Anyway, this line made me laugh:

“Impressions of this kind will naturally indicate the policy of fostering divisions among us, and of depriving us, as far as possible, of an ACTIVE COMMERCE in our own bottoms.”

No, it’s not discussing selling anyone’s ass — it’s talking about maritime commerce. BUT IT DOESN’T SOUND THAT WAY.

That’s No. 11 by the way, by Alexander Hamilton.