Federalist No. 10
Defines a republic as 'a government in which the scheme of representation takes place' and contrasts it sharply with democracy, in which the people meet and govern in person.
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Madison distinguishes the proposed republic from ancient direct democracies, arguing that representation and the extended sphere refine and enlarge public views and remedy democracy's instability.
Federalist No. 14 (Madison)
Refutes the Montesquieuan dogma that republics must be small; defends the unprecedented experiment of an extended representative republic.
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Stresses the 'total exclusion of the people, in their collective capacity' from any share in the actual administration as a key distinction from ancient democracies.
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