Madison's solution for controlling the effects of factions was the establishment of a republican government. He argued that the powers wielded by the factions be constitutionally limited.
James Madison believed that a democratic form of government, would tame the factions and cause them to work together as much as possible. Madison, in the The Federalist, argued that the federal system helps prevent factions from gaining too much control and causing tyranny of the majority
It will break and control the violence of factions.
Madison argued that in an extensive Republic interest groups (factions as he called them) will be so numerous and varied that no one faction or group of factions will be able to control government and impose their will on the minority.
Special interest groups and factions means the same thing but James Madison preferred to call it factions.
James Madison wrote about his concern regarding factions in his famous essay, "The Federalist No. 10." He believed that factions, or groups of individuals united by a common interest or opinion, were a natural and inevitable part of human nature. Madison argued that the danger of factions lied in their potential to oppress the rights of others or undermine the public good, but that a large and diverse republic with multiple factions could help control their effects through a system of checks and balances.
Federalist Paper no. 10 was written by James Madison to get the Constitution ratified. It discussed how to control factions that harbored interests that were in contrast to the rights of others. Madison argued on behalf of a strong government that could guard against factions.
OPTIONS: limit the ability to form factions raise taxes on factions to lessen their power depend on only enlightened legislators serving in government control the influence factions have on government
large factions might capture control of the government and ignore the rights of those in the minority
Madison defines factions as a number of citizens (representing either the minority or majority of the whole) who are united by common passions and interests. Examples of factions today are political parties and unions.
Create a large enough republic to ensure that majority factions will
Although most of the Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison wrote two of the most famous; numbers 10 and 51. In the tenth paper, Madison starts by claiming that a Union that is well built can control the dangers started by factions. Madison defines faction as; any group of citizens who, at the expense of others, develop their beliefs or economic interests.
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