 ... of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own...  States' Rights and American Federalism: A Documentary Historyedited by - 1999 - 232 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Richard Vetterli, Gary C. Bryner - Business & Economics - 1996 - 294 pages
...difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked that,...distrust in proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary."83 VIRTUE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC Throughout The Federalist, one finds the argument... | |
 | William Quirk, R. Randall Bridwell - Law - 1995 - 162 pages
...to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked, that where there is consciousness of unjust or dishonorable purposes,...proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary." The Founders, in sum, considered the tyranny of the majority issue, and thought they had answered it... | |
 | Patrick Murray - Anthologies - 1997 - 510 pages
...difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked, that...advantage, which a republic has over a democracy, in controling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic — is enjoyed by the... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1148 pages
...difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. ehlen controling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small Republic — is enjoyed by the... | |
 | Daniel Shaviro - Business & Economics - 1997 - 362 pages
...expected. Madison had argued that forming large and diverse factional coalitions would be difficult because "where there is a consciousness of unjust or dishonorable...proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary" (in Hamilton, Madison, and Jay 1961, no. 10). Today, consciences are so elastic, or the ability to... | |
 | Patrick Murray - Anthologies - 1997 - 504 pages
...Hence it clearly appears, that the same advantage, which a republic has over a democracy, in controling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over...enjoyed by the union over the states composing it. Does this advantage consist in the substitution of representatives, whose enlightened views and virtuous... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 1998 - 220 pages
...difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked that...enjoyed by the Union over the States composing it. Does this advantage consist in the substitution of Representatives, whose enlightened views and virtuous... | |
 | John P. Kaminski, Richard Leffler - History - 1998 - 244 pages
...difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked, that...advantage, which a Republic has over a Democracy, in controling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small Republic— is enjoyed by the... | |
 | Adrienne Windhoff-Héritier - Business & Economics - 1999 - 126 pages
...'faction' 9 '[w]ill have a common motive to invade the rights of the other citizens; . . . where there is consciousness of unjust or dishonorable purposes,...proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary' (Madison 1981: 22). The European polity constitutes the very notion of diversity, and is therefore... | |
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