Federalist No. 10
The most famous Federalist paper; defines faction, rejects pure democracy, and argues that an extended republic with diverse interests makes oppressive majorities improbable.
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From The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison, Jay
Madison's canonical argument that the causes of faction are sown in human nature and cannot be removed, so a large commercial republic must control faction's effects by multiplying interests and filtering representation.
Federalist No. 10 (Madison)
Contains the canonical line that 'the latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man' and the distinction between a democracy and a republic.
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Extends the No. 10 logic to society: 'in the federal republic of the United States... the society itself will be broken into so many parts, interests, and classes of citizens, that the rights of individuals... will be in little danger.'
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