The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of The Federalist PapersRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998 M12 1 - 192 páginas Jefferson called The Federalist 'the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written,' and yet the text is considered lifeless and impenetrable by all but the most persistent readers. The Essential Federalist presents a bold new approach to reading one of the most important documents in American history. By careful selection, organization, and annotation of the essays' most meaningful passages, this book showcases what is central to The Federalist. 'If the road over which you will still have to pass,' in reading these papers, wrote Publius, 'should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of free people. . . . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to dispatch.' Dr. Quentin P. Taylor takes up Publius' challenge by making The Federalist an understandable and usable resource. This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of American government. |
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... officials tended to view with suspicion plans to strengthen the general government . Not until the climax of Shays ' rebellion in February of 1787 did the majority of states , and Congress itself , authorize the meeting . The uprising ...
... officials tended to view with suspicion plans to strengthen the general government . Not until the climax of Shays ' rebellion in February of 1787 did the majority of states , and Congress itself , authorize the meeting . The uprising ...
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... officially desig- nated the work of eleven state delegations " and Mr. Hamilton . " Before he attached his signature to the parchment , a resigned Hamilton reminded his colleagues that " no man's ideas were more remote from the plan ...
... officially desig- nated the work of eleven state delegations " and Mr. Hamilton . " Before he attached his signature to the parchment , a resigned Hamilton reminded his colleagues that " no man's ideas were more remote from the plan ...
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... official duties , he exhibited a learned and agile mind , a facility for expression , and an ardent patriotism that did not go unno- ticed among his fellow delegates . Yet when a confident Madison stood for re - election in April 1777 ...
... official duties , he exhibited a learned and agile mind , a facility for expression , and an ardent patriotism that did not go unno- ticed among his fellow delegates . Yet when a confident Madison stood for re - election in April 1777 ...
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... official duties and as a leading voice for effective national government . During his years in Congress Madison also became a staunch continentalist who embraced a vision ( shared by Hamilton and Jay ) of America as an expansive ...
... official duties and as a leading voice for effective national government . During his years in Congress Madison also became a staunch continentalist who embraced a vision ( shared by Hamilton and Jay ) of America as an expansive ...
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... officials and their " agents " in Congress . The essay also included the first concrete expression of Madison's famous remedy for " factions , " which he developed at greater length in Federalist No. 10 . When the man destined to be ...
... officials and their " agents " in Congress . The essay also included the first concrete expression of Madison's famous remedy for " factions , " which he developed at greater length in Federalist No. 10 . When the man destined to be ...
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