Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Federalist Paper #10

The Federalist papers in general were series arguing for the approval of the United States Constitution. Federalist paper #10 is one of the most famous of the Federalist papers, along with #51, which were both written by James Madison. Number 10 discusses on how to guard against factions, which were groups of citizens with interests not agreeing to the rights of others, or the interests of the whole community. In number 10, Madison argued that a large republic, (like the whole community) would be a better guard against dangers rather than smaller republics (like the individual states). Number 10 explains that the founding fathers did not expect the U.S government to be supporting.
In my opinion, I agree with James Madison. He displays some strong arguments in this short essay. He gives many great points as to why working with the whole community, rather than individual states, would be more beneficial. It would be a better guard against dangers and by working as a whole we are much stronger and more successful.

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