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The Federalist Papers: No. 10 (Madison)

James Madison · The Avalon Project, Yale Law School · 1787

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EstablishedIn Federalist No. 10 Madison defined a faction as citizens united by a common interest or passion adverse to other citizens' rights or the community's permanent interests, and argued that a pure democracy cannot cure the mischiefs of faction.