Federalist Paper # 10

Federalist Paper # 10
   Questions:

1. Madison uses word like "Faction" and "Party" in his writing, is he using the two interchangeably or does he have two set definitions for both of the word?
2. Which method does Madison prefer, removing the cause or controlling its affects?
3. In this paper id Madison saying that he is against large parties or factions?
4. How and where, in the Constitution, does it it allow for the destruction of the liberties of a faction?
5. Does Madison ever use his "first remedy" or suggest the use of it?

  Quotes:

1. There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.
   I chose to use this quote because I think that it represents one of the main points that Madison was trying to get across. This quote also peaked my interest be cause of the idea that you can "destroy the liberty" of something, like a group or political party.
   
2. Justice ought to hold the balance between them. Yet the parties are, and must be, themselves the judges; and the most numerous party, or, in other words, the most powerful faction must be expected to prevail.
   I picked this quote because I think that this quote can be related to what happens in our government today; the fact that this idea has not changed in the 200+ years of our government, that I think is cool.
   
3. to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose
   I selected this portion of the paper because it came to me as almost ironic. The fact that Madison is stating that it is good for the actual people to have their voices pronounced, when he and the rest of the delegates who wrote the constitution were not elected by the "people."
   
4. The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more frequently will a majority be found of the same party; and the smaller the number of individuals composing a majority, and the smaller the compass within which they are placed, the more easily will they concert and execute their plans of oppression. Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.
   I took this quote because its described the thinking that was going on during the creation of the Constitution, but no longer applies to today because our government is a two party system.
   
5. Does the advantage consist in the substitution of representatives whose enlightened views and virtuous sentiments render them superior to local prejudices and schemes of injustice? It will not be denied that the representation of the Union will be most likely to possess these requisite endowments. Does it consist in the greater security afforded by a greater variety of parties, against the event of any one party being able to outnumber and oppress the rest?
   I chose this question as a quote because I liked how Madison was questioning the inner workings of his own ideas.