...als nationaler Kriegsheld 6 »By a faction I widerstand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united...passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citkens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community« (Madison No. 10,1961: 78)....

...Madison described "factions" as "a number of citizens . . . united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."7 He believed that factions were inevitable in all civilized societies because of the diversity...

...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, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community....

...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. As Adam...

...republican government." 16 By faction, Madison meant "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate...

...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,...

...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...

...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,...

...[1888]), Vol. 2, 424, 425. 6. 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." Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, The Federalist, ed. Edward Mead Earle (New York, 1937),...

...human beings. "By a faction," he writes, "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." Unfortunately, the causes of faction are "sown in the nature of man" — we are all fallible beings...