1. What are factions, according to Madison and where does he write of them?

According to James Madison, a faction is a group of citizens who are united and driven
by some common interests and not caring of the rights of other citizens. He writes of
them in paragraph four of Article 10 of the Federalists Articles.

2. What are the causes of faction, according to Madison?

3. What is the primary object of government, according to Madison?

4. Where do the rights of property originate, according to Madison?

5. What is the most common and durable source of faction, according to Madison?

6. How could we cure the "mischiefs of faction," according to Madison? Why are these
remedies worse than the disease, according to Madison?

7. What is Madison's solution for controlling the effects of factions?

8. What is a republic, what is a pure democracy, and how do they differ?

9. How does a republic inhibit the effects of factions, according to Madison?

1.What are factions according to Madison and where does he write them?

Factions are breaks in a government when two parties don’t agree. One is a minority
and the other is a majority. They are written in the constitution .

2.What are the causes of factions, according to Madison?

Complaints are the causes of factions.

3.What is the primary object of government, according to Madison?

The primary object of government according to Madison is that the mistakes we make
help keep government together.

4.Where do the rights of property originate, according to Madison?

According to Madison, the rights of property originate in the republican government.

5. What was the most common and durable source of faction, accor
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Stephanie Brown: 6.How could we cure the “mischief’s of faction”, according to
Madison? Why are these remedies worst than the disease?
Removing its causes and controlling its effects are ways to cure factions. Destroying
the liberty and giving citizens the same options are two more ways to cure factions.

7. What is Madison’s solution for controlling the effects of Factions?

8.What is a republic, what is a pure democracy, and how do they differ?

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble

and administer the government in person, and can admit no cure for the mischief of
faction. A republic is a government in which a scheme of representation takes place,
opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking. The
difference is the

5. What is the most common and durable source of faction, according to Madison?

The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal
distribution of property, according to Madison.

6. How could we cure the "mischief..s of faction," according to Madison? Why are
these remedies worse than the disease, according to Madison?

By removing its causes, or controlling its effects. The remedies to removing its causes
are ..worse than the disease.., because said remedies are destroying the liberty which
is essential to its existence, or giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same
passions, and the same interests. Abolishing liberty would cease the creation of
factions, but in that, it would also destroy the U.S..s political being.

7. What is Madison's solution for controlling the effects of factions?

From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the
possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results; and from
the influence of these on the sentiments and views of the respective proprietors,
ensues a division of the society into different interests and parties.

8. What is a republic, what is a pure democracy, and how do they differ?

A republic is a government in which the people have representatives who govern

them. A pure democracy is a government, In which the people govern themselves.
They are complete opposite forms of governments.
9. According to Madison, the republic inhibits the effects of factions
becauserepresentatives whose enlightened views and virtuous
sentiments render them superior to local prejudices and schemes of
injustice