In Federalist #10, James Madison summed up factions eloquently stating that "Liberty is faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires." ... Madison's views on faction are still relevant and exercised frequently even after 200 years have passed. James Madison's most amazing political prediction, contained within the pages of Federalist 10, was that the United States being so large and having such a wide variety of interests could make a guarantee of fairness and constancy under the new constitution. ... In today's society, we see many examples ...

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This paper was written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to encourage the ratification of the United States Constitution to replace the Article of Confederation. ... The Federalist Paper was published in many papers but most urban newspaper at that time. The Federalist Papers were mostly established by two young men, Alexander Hamilton of New York, at age 32, and James Madison of Virginia, at age 36. Hamilton and Madison were hard working men who both wrote four essays per week. ... Madison's Twenty-nine letters have demonstrated to be the most unforgettable in their ba...

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These people became known as the Anti-Federalist. ... The real authors were Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. ... The Anti-Federalist arguments came from the experience with the British. ... James Madison, in Federalist #46 entitled "The Influence of the State and Federal Government Compared", discussed reasons as to why the national government would never unnecessarily exceed the powers of the State governments, except in times of war or danger. ... Madison's Federalist Paper # 46 in conjunction with Paper # 45 attempts to ease the concerns of many skeptics. ...

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James Madison however, takes another point of view. In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. ... As Madison puts it, the remedy would be worse than the disease. ... Rather than abolishing these groups and the liberty they are endowed with along with them, in Federalist Paper 10, he provides a solution to the problem opposing groups would form. ... In Federalist Paper 10's penultimate paragraph, Madison uses examples to make the point that there may exist a difference in opinion among different factions, but these differences will never be enough to destroy...

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Madison, in Federalist 39, uses his "bold and radical innovation- method which is the root of dividing and sharing power between national and state governments. ... Again, Madison though, explains that the "Constitution is to be founded on the assent and ratification of the people of America,"" in Federalist 39 like Hamilton implied when suggesting a constitution. ... As the increasing desire for the separation of powers in our government persisted Madison wrote in Federalist 47 that there is necessity of separation of the 3 branches to maintain liberty and governmental sufficiency. ... In ...

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James Madison, according to some, is a prime example of a leader who attempted to secure the American people's civil liberties. ... Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... James Madison stated that to eliminate factions would be to eliminate liberty, but that liberty is as crucial to factions as air is to fire. ... Roche also went on to call Madison and Hamilton's Federalist Papers...

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The Federalist No. 10 In the paper The Federalist No. 10, James Madison gives his arguments for a Republic government and reasons why he is against a pure Democracy. ... In a Republic government, Madison believed that many of the problems that plagued pure democracies could be fixed. ... Madison believed that it is the nature of man to create factions. ... To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction: to remove its causes or to control its effects. ... Madison hoped that the elected representatives would be the most knowledgeable and trust worthy men in the country. ...

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James Madison had previously published twenty-six out of the eighty-five Federalist Papers in 1787-1788, the two most influential Federalist Papers regarding the issues of factions and tyranny were Federalist Papers 10 and 51. ... James Madison defended the republican worldview with the primary goal of protection of the people from an omnipotent centralized government. ... Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and the Southern states experienced ...

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The Anti-Federalist and the Fight for States Rights and Small Government At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a group of delegates, lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison proposed the adoption of a new system of government for the former English Colonies in the New World. At the time of the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1791 those who supported it where called Federalist and those who didn't where called Anti-Federalist. ... This goal was outlined in James Winthrop Agrippa letter VII. ... They warned against the devices of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton,...

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James Madison and John Jay were two other contributors that Hamilton added to help defend the new Constitution by writing articles as well. ... These are some of the specific arguments made by Madison in a republican mannerism. ... Another example of the "republic" idea throughout the Papers is seen as a contrast between a democratic government and a republic, in No. 48 by James Madison. ... Another aspect of the Federalists Papers that should be brought up is that of the framework within the actual documents themselves. ... The arguments presented in The Federalists Papers can best be describ...

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James Madison and John Jay were two other contributors that Hamilton added to help defend the new Constitution by writing articles as well. ... These are some of the specific arguments made by Madison in a republican mannerism. ... Another example of the "republic" idea throughout the Papers is seen as a contrast between a democratic government and a republic, in No. 48 by James Madison. ... Another aspect of the Federalists Papers that should be brought up is that of the framework within the actual documents themselves. ... The arguments presented in The Federalists Papers can best be describ...

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Like Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, I undoubtedly believe that a strong central government is the only means of a correctly functioning democratic government. ... This would not be true of an anti-federalist government. ... I think James Madison says it best in Federalist #10, "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable". ... James Madison in Federalist #46 states, "It has been already proved that the members of...

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James Madison, in Federalist No. 46 wrote that the state and national governments were made and given different powers. Madison was clearly moving to check totality of control. Alexander Hamilton concurred in Federalist No. 28 by stating that the people would sustain a balance between national and state power. ...

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Aside from the conflict with France, discord was found among the two major political parties of the time, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, or Jeffersonians. ... In response to the Jeffersonians efforts to gain this support and inform people of the Federalist's faults, John Adams, a federalist president, created a controversial act known as the Sedition Act of 1798. ... A month later, James Madison, the father of the constitution, created a similar Resolution in Virginia. Madison's claims were quite similar to Jefferson's, but the Virginia Resolution was milder. ... In su...

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During the period of 1801-1817, the clash of the Republican views on the constitution were argued against the opinions of the Federalist. ... During the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, this characterization is only true to a certain extent because despite their opposition against broad constructionism, they both found the need to follow the Republican path when stepping up to power as President. ... James Madison also had the characteristics of a strict constructionist, but when hard times occurred, he found himself in the need of broad constructionism. ... Madison sign...

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During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists on the other hand compromised of the educated and rich who felt that the government should be more Hobbes instead of Locke where there must be restraint to have liberty protected. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification...

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In The Federalist Papers, James Madison comes to the realization that " the latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man- (Fed 10, 73), the nature to act in favor of his own self-interest. ... Madison's model diffuses power into three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. However, in separating these branches of government Madison does not endow each with equal power. ... Madison expands of Montesquieu's definition of tyranny. ... Parenti would argue that these precautions were Madison's way of limiting the influence of the people within the n...

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For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." ... James Madison wrote in Federalist Papers #10, "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of ...

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James Madison wrote the Federalist paper number ten by employing the knowledge of not only himself but that of John Locke. ... Madison's view and opinions of faction-politics is relevant to today's politics. ... Madison looked at controlling the factions two ways, either by removing their causes, which would be nearly impossible. ... Another example of Madison's views at work is the many government-funded programs such as welfare. ...

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However during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison they had to adapt to some Federalist ideas. ... The Federalists were loose constructionists. ... Also during the presidency of Madison, the war with England began and the Federalists had to adapt to Republican ideas in order for the war to succeed better. ... Also James Madison himself, used to be Federalist, but then he became to be a republican. ... We can see that during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison, the Democratic-Republicans being strict constructionists, had to adapt to some federalist ideas in order to help the Un...

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Hamilton was the illegitimate son of a Huguenot woman, Rachel Faucett Lavien, and a Scottish merchant named James Hamilton. ... Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. ... The Federalist also showed an insight into Hamilton's views on human nature. ... Hamilton and Madison appeared to be synchronized and opinionated the same way when they wrote The Federalist. ... Madison and Hamilton differed on one key issue though, state's rights [http://www.jmu.edu/madison/hamilton.html]. ...

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James Madison heavily criticizes the meddling of factions into the affairs of the government to the point where they interfere with and hinder the ability of the government to proceed in its daily business. ... Thus, Madison proposes that there are only two ways of solving themischiefs of factions,? ...

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The Federalists in the North, wanted a strong central government and chose to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution. ... They also heavily opposed the Federalists' frequent use of the Necessary and Proper Clause, which was used whenever the Federalists wished to do something that appeared to be unconstitutional. The Democratic-Republicans believed that the Federalists frequently overstepped their power, and imposed laws on them that were done directly for the federal government's benefit. ... It is difficult to dispute that this was done to suppress the Democratic-Republica...

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During the making of the Constitution different plans and ideas were proposed and were mainly argued against these two factions, the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist, which eventually led to an agreement in the end. ... The federalist favored for the constitution because it gave a little more power to the central government. ... Also the Federalist wrote a series of essays that went to the newspaper called 'The Federalist Papers", they were made to favor the constitution, while many citizens thought that the constitutions gave to much power to the government and that it will t...

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Madison A conflict regarding John Adam's midnight judges and the Judiciary Act of 1801: William Marbury was one of several judges who had been promised a seat by John Adams, but never received a commission. James Madison, the Secretary of State under the Jefferson administration did not deliver the remaining commissions, and as a result, Marbury sued him, urging the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the ethical solution would be for Madison to deliver the commission, however the Supreme Court had no authority to order him to do so because...

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