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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Federalist 10: James Madison begins perhaps the most famous of the Federalist papers by stating that one of the strongest arguments in favor of the Constitution is the fact that it establishes a government capable of controling the violence and damage caused by factions. Factions are both inevitable and often at odds with each other, and they frequently work against the public interest and infringe upon the rights of others. Majority factions are particularly dangerous and in need of being checked by the governmental institutions.
Federalist 51: The system of government that became known as separation of powers is explained by James Madison in Federalist 51. Separate institutions, comprising individuals selected by differing means, that share power is Madison's solution to the problem of both empowering government and preserving justice and liberty.
THE FEDERALIST NO. 10
The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection (continued)
Daily Advertiser
Thursday, November 22, 1787
To the People of the State of New York:
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice. He will not fail, therefore, to set a due value on any plan which, without violating the principles to which he is attached, provides a proper cure for it.
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