Federalist Papers By James Madison: Federalist No. 10, Federalist No. 45, Federalist No. 51, Federalist No. 44, Federalist No. 47

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Federalist No. 10, Federalist No. 45, Federalist No. 51, Federalist No. 44, Federalist No. 47, Federalist No. 46, Federalist No. 48, Federalist No. 39, Federalist No. 52, Federalist No. 42, Federalist No. 37, Federalist No. 63, Federalist No. 57, Federalist No. 14, Federalist No. 43, Federalist No. 53, Federalist No. 55, Federalist No. 41, Federalist No. 56, Federalist No. 19, Federalist No. 54, Federalist No. 49, Federalist No. 62, Federalist No. 18, Federalist No. 20, Federalist No. 38, Federalist No. 40, Federalist No. 58, Federalist No. 50. James Madison, author of Federalist No. 10 Federalist No. 10 ( Federalist Number 10 ) is an essay by James Madison and the tenth of the Federalist Papers, a series arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution . It was published on November 22, 1787, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. The essay is the most famous of the Federalist Papers, along with Federalist No. 51, also by James Madison, and is among the most highly regarded of all American political writings. No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions," or groups of citizens, with interests contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community. In today's discourse the term advocacy group or special interest group often carries the same connotation. Madison argued that a strong, large republic would be a better guard against those dangers than smaller republics for instance, the individual states. It is believed that James Madison took ideas from Thomas Hobbes in regard to ideas of a strong controlling government. Opponents of the Constitution offered counterarguments to his position, which were substantially derived from the commentary of Montesquieu on this...