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Old 09-23-2015, 08:38   #14
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Originally Posted by Sigaba View Post
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I do agree with James Madison's warning of factions, which he defined in November 1787 as

I also agree with Mr. Madison that the best way to limit the power of factions is to facilitate "a greater variety of parties and interests" so that no one configuration may dominate all others.

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Mr. Madison goes on further:
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If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.
Sadly, we have no relief as prescribed as we have no means by which to vote away the ...inundation of Islam.
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