Cautious Revolutionaries Law and Legal Definition
Cautious Revolutionaries are sometimes called reluctant revolutionaries. These leaders lacked a strong trust in the people to rise above their own self-interest and provide for enlightened legislative policies. At the time of the American Revolution, they argued in favor of forms of government that could easily check the popular will. To assure political stability, they believed that political decision making should be in the hands of society's proven social and economic elite.
