Federal and Strong?

Writing under the pseudonym Publius, James Madison wrote in the most famous of the essays that make up the Federalist Papers (Federalist No. 10, November 1787) that the best way to manage against the negative impact of factions on the republic is to either eliminate the cause of factions or to control its effects. He went on to say that elimination is not an option because it impinges on liberty and concluded that the only way to manage factions is to establish a large and diverse republic.

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