 When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights...  Eloquence of the United States - Page 2251827Full view - About this book
 | John Curtis Samples - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 260 pages
...stated that "to secure the public good, and private rights against the danger of such a [majority] faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit...government, is then the great object to which our enquiries are directed."15 Madison proposed, rather than democracy (the other form of "popular government"),... | |
 | Paul Downes - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 255 pages
...simply to get rid of faction; it is "To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government" (Federalist Papers, no. 1o, 125, emphasis added). "Liberty is to faction," Madison continued, "what... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 2003 - 642 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...government, is then the great object to which our enquiries are directed: Let me add that it is the great desideratum, by which alone this form of government... | |
 | Marie-Jeanne Rossignol - History - 2004 - 304 pages
..."control" their "effects" in order to "secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government."5 In order to achieve such control of factions, it was not enough for the republic to be... | |
 | Elmer Eric Schattschneider - 284 pages
...James Madison summed up the dilemma: "To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed: Let me add... | |
 | Samuel Kernell - History - 2003 - 400 pages
...good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of popular government, is then the great object to which our enquiries are directed. (MP 10, 267)... | |
 | Walter Adams, James W. Brock - Business & Economics - 1986 - 386 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...great object to which our inquiries are directed. But how is this objective to be accomplished? Primarily, Madison thought, by promoting as large a number... | |
 | Brian Z. Tamanaha - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 196 pages
...rights against the danger of such a [majority] faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.45 Both Madison and Hamilton, in various writings, openly worried about the threat democracy... | |
 | Randall P. Peerenboom - History - 2004 - 518 pages
...rights against the danger of such a [majority] faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.11 Both Madison and Hamilton, in various writings, voiced repeated concern about democracy... | |
 | Peter Viereck - Political Science - 200 pages
...and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good, and private rights, against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve...great object to which our inquiries are directed. . . . Either the existence of the same passion or interest in a majority, at the same time, must be... | |
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