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== Federalist No. 51 background == | == Federalist No. 51 background == | ||
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** = 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 | ||
* Madison also addresses the paradox that government is necessary to inhibit human ambition | * Madison also addresses the paradox that government is necessary to inhibit human ambition | ||
** "If men were angels, no government would be necessary" | ** "'''''If men were angels, no government would be necessary'''''." | ||
* while at the same time propelling it for one "faction" at the expense of others | * while at the same time propelling it for one "faction" at the expense of others | ||
** the solution,, which Madison first proposed in Federalist No. 10, is | ** the solution,, which Madison first proposed in Federalist No. 10, is | ||
*** not to prohibit faction and ambition | *** not to prohibit faction and ambition | ||
*** but to limit both through divided and balanced government | *** but to limit both through divided and balanced government | ||
*** through a system of checks and balances, | |||
*** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them | *** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them | ||
*** | ** thus creating a system by which, as Madison explains, | ||
*** "'''''Ambition must be made to counteract ambition'''''." | |||
* Madison also importantly addresses the need for checks and balances within the legislature itself, thus its bicameral (2 houses) form | * Madison also importantly addresses the need for checks and balances within the legislature itself, thus its bicameral (2 houses) form | ||
* a significant element to Madison's argument is that a large republic with the federal system of checks and balances within the federal government and within the states themselves, would protect the liberties of the people | * a significant element to Madison's argument is that a large republic with the federal system of checks and balances within the federal government and within the states themselves, would protect the liberties of the people | ||
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** = protection of private (individual) rights are more important than the "public" (government) rights | ** = protection of private (individual) rights are more important than the "public" (government) rights | ||
Therefore, Madison argues, the "private interest" (rights) | Therefore, Madison argues, the "private interest" (rights) must not be "less requisite" than the "supreme powers of the State" | ||
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