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 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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The Federalist No. 51 was one of twenty-six articles written by James Madison from 1787 to 1788 in order to persuade the people of New York to ratify the Constitution. ... The central issue for Madison was how to minimize the risk of tyranny of a minority (dictatorship) as well as tyranny of the majority (over minorities). ...

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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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According to early founding father James Madison, "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. ... In Madison's Federalist 10, it is evident that he was not in favor of the formation of factions. ... Madison made the point that the dangers of factions can only be limited by controlling its effects. ... Madison believed that the Constitution created a government in which political parties were to be tolerated and checked by that government. ... While reading the Federalist Papers, Hamilton, Jay, and Madison paint a bleak picture of human nature. ...

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"The practice of many States in restricting the commercial intercourse with other states, and putting their productions and manufactures on the same footing with those of foreign nations is certainly adverse to the spirit of the Union" (James Madison, Vices of the Political System of the United States). ... People divided into two groups, the Federalists and Antifederalists. Federalists were supporters of the constitution, while the Anti-Federalists were against it. Anti-Federalists wanted a weaker government with less powers than the Constitution proposed. ... Since the Anti-Federal...

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Federalist No. 10 by James Madison explains, "A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders have, in turn, divided mankind into parties" (Madison). ... Madison provides many examples of why we have a pluralist society in America, because the public interest is the sum of all group interests. ... Brandeis University's well known professor, Peter Woll, states that, "[Madison's] view that the natural diversity of interests would prevent particular groups from...

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When you have stringent requirements for those holding office, the power ended up in the hands of families and groups causing a problem that James Madison would later address. ... James Madison in his Federalist Papers talked about these powerful groups, or "Factions" in America. Madison defines a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" (Federalist No. 10). ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. This type of democracy is know as a direct democracy, however the form of government that citizens exercise the same right not in person but through elected representatives is known as a representative democracy. Today in the United States of Amer...

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