Topic: Samuel Langdon

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Samuel Langdon, a former president of Harvard, famously argued that the Republic of the Israelites served as the primary model for the US Constitution. This historical perspective suggests that the American leadership structure, including the concept of public servants, was derived from the governance of the judges in the Old Testament. The founders sought to establish a system where "the law is king" (Lex Rex) rather than a human monarch.