 | John Spiller - 2005 - 356 pages
...break and control the violence of faction ... By a faction, I understand a number of citizens . . . of interest adverse to the rights of other citizens,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community . . . Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 2004 - 384 pages
...the Madisonian world has gone "topsy turvy" as factions, defined as groups "activated by some common interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community,"4 have been transformed into sectors of public policy. "Indeed," says Wildavsky, "government... | |
 | Ernest J. Wilson (III.) - 2004 - 406 pages
...emerging nation. In Federalist Paper Number 10, James Madison warned against combinations of citizens who, "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or of interest," might be adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to "the permanent and aggregated interests of... | |
 | Ernest J. Wilson (III) - 2004 - 406 pages
...emerging nation. In Federalist Paper Number 10, James Madison warned against combinations of citizens who, "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or of interest," might be adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to "the permanent and aggregated interests of... | |
 | Peter Viereck - 200 pages
...to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. ... By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. ... If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture - 2005 - 160 pages
...interests. Madison defined factional interests in a way that should seem familiar with cases like Kelo: By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.14 Particularly during his tenure in state politics, Madison saw how quickly such factional... | |
 | Warren Goldstein (Rabbi.) - 2006 - 526 pages
...to explain the concept of "factions." Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers 134 that a faction is "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." 135 Simply put, factions threaten the rights and 132. The Malbim, ibid., explains how the people's... | |
 | Warren Goldstein (Rabbi.) - 2006 - 526 pages
...necessary to explain the concept of "factions." Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers134 that a faction is "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."135 Simply put, factions threaten the rights and 132. The Malbim, ibid., explains how the... | |
 | Sigrid Rossteutscher - 2005 - 296 pages
...process. In the most famous number 10 of the federalist papers James Madison defined a faction as: A number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent or aggregate interests of the community. (Madison 1788/1 961) Madison, unlike Rousseau, did not see... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2005 - 318 pages
...factions — factions consisting of "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority ot the whole, who are united and actuated by some common...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community"23 — Calhoun seems to imply that all interest groups are factions, thus all are adverse... | |
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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... 
