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<big>''''' FEDERALIST NO. 51'''''
 
'''''The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments'''''
 
'''From the ''New York Packet'', Friday, February 8, 1788'''
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== Authorship ==
* The Federalist papers were authored by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
* Federalist no. 51 is generally attributed to James Madison
* Federalist Papers authorship
** Alexander Hamilton (51 articles: Nos. 1, 6–9, 11–13, 15–17, 21–36, 59–61, and 65–85)
** James Madison (29 articles: Nos. 10, 14, 18–20,[14] 37–58 and 62–63)
** John Jay (5 articles: Nos. 2–5 and 64).
 
 
==Summary of purpose==
==Summary of purpose==
* Madison discusses the purposes and benefits of divided government and a system of "checks and balances"  
* Madison discusses the purposes and benefits of divided government and a system of "checks and balances"  
** = each divided portion of the government can "check" the other and exercise "balanced" powers
** = each divided portion of the government can "check" the other and exercise "balanced" powers
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*** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them
*** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them
*** = ""Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
*** = ""Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
|cell style="background-color:#ffffe6"|== Authorship ==
* The Federalist papers were authored by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
* Federalist no. 51 is generally attributed to James Madison
* Federalist Papers authorship
** Alexander Hamilton (51 articles: Nos. 1, 6–9, 11–13, 15–17, 21–36, 59–61, and 65–85)
** James Madison (29 articles: Nos. 10, 14, 18–20,[14] 37–58 and 62–63)
** John Jay (5 articles: Nos. 2–5 and 64).
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<big>''''' FEDERALIST NO. 51'''''
'''''The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments'''''
'''From the ''New York Packet'', Friday, February 8, 1788'''
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'''''<big>To the People of the State of New York:</big>'''''
'''''<big>To the People of the State of New York:</big>'''''
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