All 50 Uses
faction
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The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2
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- The executive branch of government may use the army to suppress a small faction or an occasional insurrection.
p. 38.7faction = sub-group
- It can suppress internal faction and increase external security.
p. 40.5faction = division into sub-groups
- Union Represses Domestic Faction
p. 41.6
- He also writes about how a Union tends to repress domestic faction and rebellion.
p. 41.6
- Number 10: Large Republic: Best Control of Effects of Faction
p. 42.5
- A well-constructed Union is the best way to control the violence of faction.†
p. 42.5faction = sub-group
- Faction is a dangerous vice that occurs in popular governments.†
p. 42.5
- We welcome a plan that provides a cure for faction without violating the principles of liberty.†
p. 42.5
- Faction Defined†
p. 43.1
- A faction is a group of citizens, either a majority or minority, whose actions are motivated by a passion or interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
p. 43.1 *
- Faction Cure†
p. 43.1
- Faction can be cured two ways: remove its causes or control its effects.†
p. 43.1
- Liberty is to faction what air is to fire.†
p. 43.2
- Without the nourishment of liberty, faction instantly dies.†
p. 43.3
- But abolishing liberty because it nourishes faction is as silly as the wish to annihilate air because it gives fire its destructive energy.†
p. 43.3
- Faction: Inherent in Human Nature†
p. 43.7
- Therefore, faction is part of the very nature of man.†
p. 43.7
- The most common source of factions is the unequal distribution of property.
p. 43.8factions = sub-groups with different interests
- Therefore, factions are a part of the ordinary operations of government.†
p. 44.1factions = sub-groups
- The most numerous group or, in other words, the most powerful faction will prevail.†
p. 44.4faction = sub-group
- Effect of Faction Must Be Controlled†
p. 44.7
- Obviously, the causes of faction cannot be removed.†
p. 44.8
- Downside of Majority Faction†
p. 44.8
- If a faction isn't a majority, the majority can defeat its sinister views.†
p. 44.8
- The minority faction may clog the government and agitate society, but under the Constitution, it can't carry out its plans and hide its violence.†
p. 44.8
- When a faction is a majority, it can sacrifice public good and the rights of other citizens to their passions and interests.†
p. 44.9
- We want to secure the public good and private rights against the danger of a majority faction.†
p. 44.9
- Majority Faction's Passions or Actions†
p. 45.1
- To control the effects of a majority faction, either (1) the negative passions and interests in a majority faction must be prevented or (2) the majority faction must be unable to carry out plans of oppression.†
p. 45.1
- To control the effects of a majority faction, either (1) the negative passions and interests in a majority faction must be prevented or (2) the majority faction must be unable to carry out plans of oppression.†
p. 45.1
- To control the effects of a majority faction, either (1) the negative passions and interests in a majority faction must be prevented or (2) the majority faction must be unable to carry out plans of oppression.†
p. 45.1
- Democracy doesn't cure the harm caused by faction.†
p. 45.4
- This makes raising a damaging amount of support for a faction more difficult.†
p. 46.5
- In a small community, it is easy for a faction to become a majority and execute oppressive plans.†
p. 46.6
- Union as Control of Effects of Faction†
p. 46.8
- Hence, a republic controls the effects of faction better than a democracy.†
p. 46.8
- A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the Confederacy.†
p. 47.2
- as the antidote to diseases of faction that have destroyed other popular governments.†
p. 56.2
- A group of people is often poisoned by faction, pushing it into improper and excessive behavior that would embarrass the individuals.†
p. 63.4
- The federal government could suppress a faction within a single State.†
p. 67.2
- Faction Caused Problems†
p. 72.9
- However, we shouldn't hastily conclude that faction did not agitate the cities, or that subordination and harmony reigned.†
p. 72.9
- A successful faction could erect a tyranny within a State and the Union could not constitutionally help supporters of the State's constitutional government.†
p. 80.8
- A national guaranty would be used against both tyrannical rulers and community factions.†
p. 81.3factions = sub-groups
- If a two-third majority is required, both foreign corruption and domestic faction will be easier.†
p. 86.2faction = sub-group
- It is less likely that faction will taint the national Senate.†
p. 101.5
- State Factions More Successful†
p. 101.7factions = sub-groups
- If it has enough power, sedition factions will fear punishment by the national government.†
p. 101.8
- A turbulent faction in a State may think it can make deals with friends in the State government.†
p. 101.9faction = sub-group
- During an internal revolt or an invasion by a foreign nation, the militia can be marched into a neighboring State to defend against an invader or guard the republic against the violence of faction or sedition.†
p. 108.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(faction) a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)