I don't understand why anyone would not want to live in a land where you're protected by laws that are punishable when broken, where your rights are protected, where there is no government interference with economic gain or markets, where you can be a self made man, where you can speak your mind and not be killed or arrested for it, where you can move where ever you want to and most of all vote for whom you would like to represent you. ... The Federalist Papers 10 doesn't remind me of anything that we've read in class. ... I feel that this is a brochure for a strong central...

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It is true that Lincoln's message was originally intended to address the division of slave and slave-free states, but these words ring no less true when applied to the division of American politics between parties of interest. The Founding Fathers knew what we know now, that humans will always form groups centering on areas of common interest, and as James Madison stated in the Federalist Papers No. 10, "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects...the first remedy(is)worse than the disease.... Jus...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. ... He feels that no one branch should have excessive power when it comes to the process of choosing the affiliates of the other two branches. Madison states, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was his way of anticipating federalism. ... I feel that he has no real basis to his conclusions. ...

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Initially when the constitution was drafted, the anti federalists opposed it on the grounds that it gave too much power to the national government. ... Thus, we find no sovereignty located in the American political system. ... Thus, the Tenth Amendment provides states no protection against the march of mandates. ... Moreover, the existence of the states is guaranteed by the federal constitution: no state can be divided without its consent, every state is assured a republican form of government and the powers not granted to the Congress are reserved for the states. ... Thus, James Madison argue...

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