...most common and durable source of factions," he wrote, "has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold, and those who are without...property, have ever formed distinct interests in society." Yet, in a uniquely democratic paradox, he held that government must protect, not diminish, the very...

...activity. But the most common durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without...property have ever formed distinct interests in society . . . The regulation of these interests forms the principle task of modern legislation." (Hamilton,...

..."government" from: The most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without...property have ever formed distinct interests in society. The regulation of these various interests forms the principal task of modern legislation and involves...

...would leave them alone; publicly or politically, they would be divided by their commercial interests: "a landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, [and] many lesser interests," and these would have to be regulated. In fact, as Madison says (again...

...that "the most common and durable source of factions* has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without...creditors and those who are debtors fall under a like distinction. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, with many lesser interests...

...argued, The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without...are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed...

...were also the precondition for civilization, as a number of constitutional framers apparently agreed. "A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile...interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations" Madison informed us in Federalist 1O^ The commercial republic was not limited to simply providing for...

...interests and representative government came from the other side in the debate over the Constitution. "Those who hold, and those who are without property, have ever formed distinct interests in society," Madison wrote in Federalist No. 10, echoing the opposition. "Those who are creditors, and those who...

...vertical differentiations, which operate independently of the usual, or post-Marxist, view of classes. "A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest," and many lesser ones grow up "of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes,...

...interests and parties" arising from "the possession of different degrees and kinds of property," such as "a landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest," and "many lesser interests." But while the people's representatives must attend to the interests of...