...of the time. James Madison, writing as Publius, in The Federalist, No. 10, made his concern clear: "By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." He saw the main cause of faction as the unequal distribution of property, and the solution to the problem...

...of classical republicanism is not an attainable ideal for human beings. "By a faction," he writes, "I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Unfortunately, the causes of faction are "sown in the nature of man" — we are all fallible beings...

...engaged in perpetual battle to redistribute the spoils of government. "By a faction," Madison explained, "I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." 6 Madison understood that the "latent causes of faction are . . . sown in the nature of man." 7 The...

...the Federal Constitution (New York, 1987 [1888]), Vol. 2, 424, 425. 6. Madison defined a "faction" as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, The Federalist, ed. Edward Mead Earle (New York, 1937),...

...grave detriment of the larger society. In Federalist Paper Number 10, Madison defined a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." These factions — now often commonly referred to as "special interests" — often imposed laws that...

...the founders feared: faction. What is a faction? A good place to start is James Madison's definition: "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."64 In this context, remember that revolutionary war leaders abhorred parochialism. They...

...the liberal democratic state. Madison warned that a voluntary association or "faction" consists of "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."73 Thus he revealed the inexorable presence of a factional imperative intrinsic to civil...

...factious spirit has tainted our public administration. By a faction I understand a number of citi/ens, there that system of laws which has so long been the glory and There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other,...

...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...

...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...