...believed, with David Hume, that factions were "sown in the nature of man." Looking around him, he saw a "landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile...interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests." He viewed the "principal task" of legislation "the regulation of these various and interfering interests."...

...book is available from the Library of Congress Cover design by www.kerndesign.net ISBN: 1-59605-247-3 Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct: interests in sociecy. fhose who are credirors and chose who arc debtors, Jail under a like discrimination..,, I....

...conflicts. But the most common and durable source of factions, has been the various and unequal distribution latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not...twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, mooted interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide...

...problem: But 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 monied interest,...

...property." Factions were based on economic class: "A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, . . . with many lesser interests, grow up...different classes, actuated by different sentiments and view." Legal-economic theory served to regulate the "various and interfering interests" and protect...

...protected. "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...property, have ever formed distinct interests in society" (ibid. p. 52). The Federalists were also suspicious of the people's ability to choose wisely or, as...

...Federalist: But 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...property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Despite Romania's great wealth in oil, economic exploitation for the enrichment of a few was the norm...

...Madison in Federalist no. 10, enumerating the consequences of ambition and acquisitiveness—"Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society"—have the air of professors (Hamilton the flashy showboat, Madison the careful lecturer)...

...Madison expressed his alarm at the violence of faction caused by "the various and unequal division of property. Those who hold, and those who are without...property, have ever formed distinct interests in society," he stated. Madison wrote from, for, and to the propertied class. The constitution was to harmonize...

...Rights 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...property have ever formed distinct interests in society. — James Madison, The Federalist The role that private property plays in shaping the distribution...