Juan Bautista Alberdi was the father of the first national constitution of Argentina. He was critical of the presidencies of Miter and Sarmiento, heirs of the reforming convention of 1860.
His work is profuse, but his style, cumbersome; his ideas changing, he says. He says the key to self government is “obeying oneself” or being a slave. He also criticizes the State with “a life-long and dictatorial government”