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The Federalist No. 9: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

Alexander Hamilton · The Avalon Project, Yale Law School · 1787

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Alexander Hamilton
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2026-09-01
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Published in the Independent Journal, November 1787; quotes Montesquieu on Lycia.

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EstablishedFederalist No. 9 quotes Montesquieu: 'Were I to give a model of an excellent Confederate Republic, it would be that of Lycia.'