...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, adverse...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."24 Despite this fear of faction, the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...

..."mischief's of factions," that is the danger posed where "a number of citizens . . . are united ... by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse...the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent aggregate interests of the community."281 NGOs present similar dangers, Leo realized. "They play a...

...break and control the violence of faction ... By a faction, I understand a number of citizens . . . of interest adverse to the rights of other citizens,...permanent and aggregate interests of the community . . . Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But...

...the Madisonian world has gone "topsy turvy" as factions, defined as groups "activated by some common interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community,"4 have been transformed into sectors of public policy. "Indeed," says Wildavsky, "government...

...amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse, or interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interest of the community." Madison rejected the remedies of controlling the power of organized groups...

...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...faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controling its effects. There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one by destroying...

...citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and activated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. And his contention was that the Union would help "to break and control the violence of faction", which...

...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...permanent and aggregate interests of the community. ... If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle,...

...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...permanent and aggregate interests of the community." 135 Simply put, factions threaten the rights and 132. The Malbim, ibid., explains how the people's...

...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...or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.14 Particularly during his tenure in state politics, Madison saw how quickly such factional...