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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... "
Readings on Parties and Elections in the United States - Page 29
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Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis

Giovanni Sartori - 2005 - 368 pages
...derogatory sense of the word though in a different and broader context. His definition was as follows: By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether...majority or minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens,...
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Who's Afraid of Madalyn Murray O'Hair?

Siarlys Jenkins - 2005 - 272 pages
...in The Federalist Papers #10 that the powers of government are often swayed by a faction of citizens "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion,...interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens." Madison also noted that "leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power" would make use...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the ..., Volume 1

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2005 - 630 pages
...injuitice, with v/wich a faäious fpiric has tainted our public adminifl radon. By a faftion I underftand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole-, who are united and aftuated by fome common impulfe of paffion, or of intereft, adverfe to the rights of other citizens,...
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True Faith and Allegiance: Immigration and American Civic Nationalism

Noah M. Jedidiah Pickus - 2005 - 280 pages
...into good government.' Yet Madison clearly believed in a conception of the public good (factions are "adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the...permanent and aggregate interests of the community") and in the importance of virtue in attaining that good ("To suppose that any form of government will...
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全国硕士研究生英语入学考试真题解析与模拟训练: 翻译篇

2005 - 268 pages
...引导名词 从句, 作know 的宾语。 冒号后是it 的同位语。 2 · 5 模拟训练5 (1) By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majori or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or...
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The Executive Branch

Joel D. Aberbach, Mark A. Peterson - 2005 - 644 pages
...Constitution and offer unique insight into its design, famously contrasted "factions," which they described as "united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or of interest," with "the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." According to the Federalists, the challenge...
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The Republic

Plato - 2006 - 412 pages
...in which he defends the Union because of its tendency to break and control the violence of faction: "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." This matches with precision the Republics concept of stasis. There are two methods of controlling the...
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Land and Liberty II: The Basics of Traditional American History

David Saxe - 2006 - 223 pages
...factious spirit has tainted our public administration." What is a faction? Madison answers, "[b]ya faction I understand a number of citizens whether...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." There were "two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction," Madison explained, "remove the causes and controlling...
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Money, Power, and Elections: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American ...

Rodney A. Smith - 2006 - 210 pages
...destroying everyone else's freedom. Political freedom is achievable and desirable. Perfection is impossible. By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether...the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent aggregate interests of the community. There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the...
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The Paradox of Democratic Capitalism: Politics and Economics in American Thought

David F. Prindle - 2006 - 398 pages
...great game of power. Differing economic interests will produce various political factions, defined as "a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."36 Further, once in power, ambitious individuals will attempt to use the authority of institutions...
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