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Federalist Paper #10
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“A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power; or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex ad oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good.” James Madison was so apt in describing the future of political factions in American government that some go so far as to call his tenth Federalist Paper a prophecy. At a time when Americans were concerned about the rise of violence due to political factions Madison quelled such insecurities by writing the tenth federalist paper. In this essay, Madison discusses the inevitability and effect of political factions on America while discussing how a strong central government would be useful in limiting the negative effects of such factions. Madison begins his essay by discussing how it is human nature to form political factions. Many Americans at the time did not trust political factions and while Madison agreed they were harmful in some instances, he stated it was impossible to prevent them legitimately. He declared that as long as men maintained different opinions, amounts of property, and wealth they would always group together in factions within a society. Madison realized that there were two ways to eliminate factions. The first was to destroy liberty, “a cure worse then the disease itself.” The second was to create the same opinions, passions, and interests a solution not only flawed but impossible.
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