...as long as this is the case, their passions will be engaged and they will quarrel with bitterness. "Neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control."83 In restating Hobbes's argument, Madison softened it. He did not dismiss moral virtue as...

...interest in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such coexistent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and...concert and carry into effect schemes of oppression" (81). In this regard, he stresses a proposition which is central to his theoretical approach both in...

...interest in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such coexistent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and...unable to concert and carry into effect schemes of oppression."81 Madison emphasized his belief that it was not only important "to guard the society against...

...Madison had a view of human nature that we may call either jaundiced or realistic. People are selfish and we well know that "neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control" on their selfishness.6 Nonetheless, he did not regard human nature as entirely depraved or deprived...

...seen as a means not simply of checking interests but also of checking passions. According to Madison, "neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control" (Wills 1982, 46). He argued that: A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning Government...

...See The Federalist, no. 10, at 78-81, esp. at 81 ("If the impulse and the opportunity be sufficient to coincide, we well know that neither moral nor religious...motives can be relied on as an adequate control"). See also Madison, Letter to Jefferson, October 17, 1788 (quoted above in the text accompanying n. 5)....

...absence of better motives, there is still some need for virtue. When Madison wrote, in Federalist 10 that "neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control," he implied that these motives do have some beneficial effect on conduct. In fact, he believed that...

...interest in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such coexistent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and...religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control.231 In investigating the extent to which class antagonism was recognized before Marx, it is...

...exhibit such qualities. "If the impulse and the opportunity [to carry into effect schemes of oppression] be suffered to coincide, we well know that neither...religious motives can be relied on as an adequate check." And although Madison hoped that the national government might attract persons of "enlightened...

...in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such co-existent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and...unable to concert and carry into effect schemes of oppression."16 The fragmentation of groups is reinforced by the fragmentation of government powers....