...discovers and brings to political responsibility citizens dedicated to the common good. It thus serves 'to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations' (No. 10, p. 45). The political thinking of the Federalist resembles a tapestry with varying systematic...

...rather than selfish interests. The idea of deliberative democracy is sound and Madison's goal noble — "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial consideration."21 Yet, however innovative, Madison was a prisoner of his time. He believed that only...

...policy. Term limits put in doubt a central premise of Madison's prescription for the large republic: "To refine and enlarge the public views by passing...least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations."120 While Madison and Hamilton were concerned that "[e]nlightened statesmen will not...

...citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended. The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge...of their country, and whose patriotism and love of la justicia. Cada chelín que recarguen sobre la minoría es un chelín menos que saldrá de sus propios...

...representatives, such as the paragraph in #10 in which Madison asserts that a large national area will bring forth "a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best...least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations."25 Moreover, Madison's emphasis on both mechanism and virtue cannot be attributed to...

...government because representation makes it possible to extend government over a large area and serves to "refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...may best discern the true interest of their country" (Cooke, 1961, pp. 62-63). The Federalists believed that ordinary people were neither qualified for,...

...citizens and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended. The effect of the first duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. Section 4. Whenever the Vice the public voice pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public...

...interest and "guard against the confusion of a multitude." Elected representatives, he held, would serve to refine and enlarge the public views by passing...considerations. Under such a regulation it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public...

...was, however, another ground used to justify representative government. In Madison's words, it "would refine and enlarge the public views by passing them...least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations."9 In other words, elected representatives are expected to be superior to the average...

...judgment of the general public. His argument states, to refine and enlarge the public views, bypassing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens,...sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. (Cooke, 1982, p. 62) The opposition to more participation has always maintained that an informed or...