Federalist #10

questions:


1. How can factions control the government?
2. How can you ever satisfy everyone's opinion if everyone is individual?
3. Why do you support a stronger central government?
4. Is diversity always a good thing?
5. Can there be too many factions?


quotes:


1. "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires."
Since a faction is a group in power they are saying in order to have liberty, we must also have a strong government to keep the country in order.


2."But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property."
He believes unequal distribution of power has been the biggest problem impacting factions.


3. "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity."
We shouldn't judge ourselves because our viewpoints make us bias to causes we care about. We need others to help us out.


4. "The public is disregarded in the conflicts of the rival parties."
It seems as if the parties get too wrapped up in arguing with one another that they lose interest in the real goal which is the well-being of the country.


5. "By enlarging too much the number of electors, you render the representatives too little acquainted with all their local circumstances and lesser interests."
Instead of focusing on issues that are most important to you, focus on the ones that are most important to the country as a whole.