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This 6-page paper discusses various aspects of government, based on the Federalist papers and Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to eliminate factions altogether? Trace Madisons explanation of the causes of faction. To make sense of this question, lets first identify
what, specifically, Madison wrote in Federalist No. 10 which was entitled "The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." His definition of faction back in
the day isnt too far different from what the current definition is; Madison points out that faction is taken to mean a specific group of people (minority or majority) who
are united to comment on or react to something based on a "common impulse of passion, or interest." (Madison, 1787). This is all well and good, he points out, but
the difficult arises when these factions (as they typically do), create "mischief" as he refers to it. Factions, by their very nature, tend to not be in alignment with the
interests of other citizens or the community (Madison, 1787). Madison then goes on to explain how to deal with these unruly
groups; by removing the reasons for these factions existence and by controlling the effects of the factions. In terms of removing the causes, Madison notes there are two ways to
do this. The first, by forbidding them to speak their mind or state their cause and second, to give "the same opinions, the same passions and the same interests" to
everyone (Madison, 1787). While getting rid of factions is a nice thought, its not only undesirable but impossible, Madison points out. Man
(and woman) by nature is a fractious being and as a result, factions will always exist; but to varying degrees (Madison, 1787). In other words, factions are caused and created
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