The Federalist's structure of government is efficient and rational. ... "As long as we can preserve our unalienable rights, we are in safety," as it says in the Anti-Federalist Paper number four. ... "The territory of the United States is of vast extent; it now contains near three millions of souls, and is capable of containing much more than ten times that number," another quote from the Anti-Federalist papers, number one, explains how vast our country is and will become. ... "You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place ob...

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The Anti-Federalist The writer of federalist #51, most likely Alexander Hamilton, makes several great arguments in this document. ... In the 10th federalist paper, the writer says that a large republic can control factions better than a small one. He goes on to say "that the greater number of citizens and extent of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican than of democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which controls factious activity." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... Federalist Paper number fifty-one stresses that there is a need for checks and balances between the diverse departments of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. ... Madison ends his paper with the idea that a larger society is more likely to prosper by self-government. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was hi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... To him, a small republic has a limited amount of land and territory with a small number of people within it. ... One way to ensure this, according to James Madison who wrote this paper, is to ensure that none of the branches has too much power in selecting the people who hold the offices in the other branches. ... To solve this, he offers a more concrete solution in Essay #51 than he does in Number 10. ... Essay #51 in particular shows his thoughts on pluralis...

• Word Count: 1364
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate