...government. "By a faction," Madison explained, "I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...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...

...10, made his concern clear: "By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...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...

...Federalist Paper Number 10, Madison defined a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." These factions — now often commonly referred to as "special interests" — often imposed laws that...

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

...that a voluntary association or "faction" consists of "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."73 Thus he revealed the inexorable presence of a factional imperative intrinsic to civil...

...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...

...werden. Unter "faction" versteht MADISON "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, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."...

...defined faction as: 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, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community....

...His very definition of a "faction" is predicated upon this distinction: "A number of citizens . . . who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community"...