... /ham/hamilton]. Hamilton expressed his belief in a very centralized authority by saying, "The idea of a council to the Executive, which has so generally obtained in the State Constitutions, has been derived from that maxim of Republican jealousy which considers power safer in the hands of a number of men than of a single man the executive power is more easily confined when it ... is rather dangerous than friendly to liberty [Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 70]."" Hamilton's philosophy was based on the idea of "the public good- and he believed that the government derived its power fr...

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... representative democracy. He believes that this form of democracy is the most effective in protecting the individual from the majority, and to stemming the thorny class issue. Madison says that there are two ways to solve the problem of factions, either to break them or solve their causes. The factions can ... filtered into only the essential ones. It is important to note that the plan was completely different to Hamilton's plan. He was convinced that class struggle was assured and the only way to stem its spread was to ensure that there was a large federal government in power with smal...

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... whole concept is depleted in No. 39 when Madison describes that it is "essential to such a government that it (delegation of powers) be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it-(Madison No.39). The other theory that is considered a possible way to interpret the Papers is that of anti-democratic. This ... ...

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... whole concept is depleted in No. 39 when Madison describes that it is "essential to such a government that it (delegation of powers) be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it-(Madison No.39). The other theory that is considered a possible way to interpret the Papers is that of anti-democratic. This ... ...

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