 | Eric H. Kessler, James R. Bailey - 2007 - 657 pages
...special interest. Madison again spoke to the issue: "By a faction, I understand a number of citizens who are united and actuated by some common impulse...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."28 He warned that the problem would not be solved easily: "The latent causes of faction... | |
 | Charles O. Jones - 2007 - 194 pages
...control their effects. Madison denned faction as "a majority or minority of the whole, who are united or actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." He believed that the Founders had discovered the formula for regulating faction: representative government... | |
 | Markus Andreas Mayer - 2007 - 185 pages
...werden. Unter "faction" versteht MADISON "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, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."... | |
 | Jonathan Levy - 2007 - 474 pages
...allocation of representation among competing factions. Madison in the Tenth Federalist defined faction as: 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,... | |
 | Vincent Ostrom - 2008 - 320 pages
...His very definition of a "faction" is predicated upon this distinction: "A number of citizens . . . who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community"... | |
 | William Safire - 2008 - 888 pages
...their claims." James Madison, in The Federalist Number 10, defined/action as we now use pressure group: "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Although in Madison's view factions could operate for good or evil, the phrase pressure group has a... | |
 | Robert L. Payton, Michael P. Moody - 2008 - 226 pages
...tenth essay of the Federalist Papers, James Madison defines a "faction" as "a number of citizens . . . who are united and actuated by some common impulse...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."54 The first part of this fits our description of "voluntary associations" very well, but... | |
 | Marc Karnis Landy, Sidney M. Milkis - 2008 - 41 pages
...following: A number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united by some common impulse of passion, or of interest,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. Because he knew that Americans would insist on popular rule, Madison feared majority tyranny more than... | |
 | Erik S. Root - 2008 - 268 pages
...itself to perpetuating the peculiar institution. Publius calls this interest a faction because it is "actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."53 As Campbell asserted, the connection between the political power of the slave-owners... | |
 | David Tucker - 2008 - 182 pages
...result. This insures, in turn, that there will be groups of citizens — factions — united by interests adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. The "great desideratum" thus became a "disinterested and dispassionate umpire in disputes between different... | |
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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... 
