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" By a faction, I understand 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... "
American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans - Page 300
1836 - 531 pages
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Nationale Mythen - männliche Helden: Politik und Geschlecht im ...

Martin Weidinger - Western films - 2006 - 266 pages
...New Orleans 1815 war er schon lange vorher als nationaler Kriegsheld 6 »By a faction I widerstand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citkens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community« (Madison No. 10,1961: 78)....
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Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and U. S. Foreign Policy

D. E. Abelson - Political Science - 2006 - 390 pages
...faction."' For Madison, a faction referred to "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."1 Although it is unlikely that Madison had think tanks in mind when he penned his famous...
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Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil

Mark A. Graber - History - 2006 - 300 pages
...prone to pursue self-interest in ways that violate the rights of others. Madison worried about factions "who are united and actuated by some common impulse...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."55 Contemporary commentators worry about "public officials" who "serve their own institutional...
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San Antonio V. Rodriguez and the Pursuit of Equal Education: The Debate Over ...

Paul A. Sracic - Education - 2006 - 196 pages
...education. In Federalist Paper 10, Madison addressed the problem of "faction," which he defined as a group "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Madison did not counsel the elimination of these selfinterested groups. He wrote, "the most common...
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Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison

Stephen L. Elkin - Political Science - 2006 - 428 pages
..."republican remedy for the diseases most incident to republican government." 16 By faction, Madison meant "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...who are united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate...
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Enforcing Equality: Congress, the Constitution, and the Protection of ...

Rebecca E Zietlow - Law - 2006 - 279 pages
...Madison described "factions" as "a number of citizens . . . united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."7 He believed that factions were inevitable in all civilized societies because of the diversity...
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Architects of Political Change: Constitutional Quandaries and Social Choice ...

Norman Schofield - Political Science - 2006 - 3 pages
...minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse or passion, or of interests, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the...permanent and aggregate interests of the community" (Rakove, 1999: 161). It was generally regarded that democracies would subject to such chaos. As Adam...
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Saving Democracy: A Plan for Real Representation in America

Kevin O'Leary - Political Science - 2006 - 308 pages
...Federalist No. 10, Madison defines faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, adverse to the rights of others, or the permanent and aggregate interest of the whole."23 Similarly,...
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Apruebe el GED: Estudios Sociales / Passing the GED: Social Studies

InterLingua.com, Incorporated - Social Science - 2006 - 361 pages
...the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest,...
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The Legislative Branch

Sarah A. Binder - Political Science - 2005 - 628 pages
...supposed that the republic would be able to get by without developing groups and ultimately parties "who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest," even though these parties would all insist that these are not "adverse to the rights of other citizens,...
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