By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate... Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution - Página 56por Morton White - 1989 - 286 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
| Norman Schofield - 2006 - 3 páginas
...minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse or passion, or of interests, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" (Rakove, 1999: 161). It was generally regarded that democracies would subject to such chaos.... | |
| Kevin O'Leary - 2006 - 308 páginas
...Federalist No. 10, Madison defines faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, adverse to the rights of others, or the permanent and aggregate interest of the whole."23 Similarly,... | |
| Sarah A. Binder - 2005 - 628 páginas
...supposed that the republic would be able to get by without developing groups and ultimately parties "who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest," even though these parties would all insist that these are not "adverse to the rights of other citizens,... | |
| John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips - 2006 - 916 páginas
...representative form of 11 Following Madison, we may say that a faction is a group of people united by "some common impulse of passion, or of interest adverse" to the rights of the citizenry and the permanent interests of the community (Madison 1987, no. 10). government — would... | |
| InterLingua.com, Incorporated - 2006 - 361 páginas
...unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest,... | |
| Robert B. Louden Professor of Philosophy University of Southern Maine - 2007 - 340 páginas
...of classical republicanism is not an attainable ideal for human beings. "By a faction," he writes, "I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Unfortunately, the causes of faction are "sown in the nature of man" — we are all fallible... | |
| Earl Shorris - 2007 - 396 páginas
...James Madison, writing as Publius, in The Federalist, No. 10, made his concern clear: "By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." He saw the main cause of faction as the unequal distribution of property, and the solution... | |
| Clint Bolick - 2007 - 208 páginas
...engaged in perpetual battle to redistribute the spoils of government. "By a faction," Madison explained, "I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." 6 Madison understood that the "latent causes of faction are . . . sown in the nature of... | |
| John R. Pottenger - 2007 - 364 páginas
...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... | |
| Edward A. Purcell - 2007 - 311 páginas
...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...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, The Federalist, ed. Edward Mead Earle... | |
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