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POSI 2310 Ap Gov federalist paper #10,
Brutus #1, and federalist paper # 51
Questions and Answers 2026 Latest Update
6 key points in Federalist papers 10 Ans: 1. removing factions 2.majority
factions 3. minority factions 4.Pure democracy vs. republic 5. Large republic
6. Balance
2 quotes for removing factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "Destroying
the liberty which is essential to its existence," and " By giving to every
citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests."
2 quotes for majority factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "The most
powerful faction must be expected to prevail." and "But it will be unable to
execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution."
2 quotes for minority factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "If a faction
consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican
principle." and "Causes of faction cannot be removed, and that relief is only
to be sought in the means of controlling its effects."
2 quotes for pure democracy vs. republic from federalist papers 10 Ans:
"From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy,...
can admit no cure for the mischiefs of factions." and "A republic, ..., opens a
different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking."
2 quotes for large republic from federalist paper 10 Ans: "However small
the republic may be, the representatives must be raised to a certian
number,..., being proportionally greater in the small republic, ..., a greater
probability of a fit choice." and "Hence, it clearly appears, that the same
advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects
of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic."
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Texas State University
POSI 2310 Ap Gov federalist paper #10,
Brutus #1, and federalist paper # 51
Questions and Answers 2026 Latest Update
6 key points in Federalist papers 10 Ans: 1. removing factions 2.majority
factions 3. minority factions 4.Pure democracy vs. republic 5. Large republic
6. Balance
2 quotes for removing factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "Destroying
the liberty which is essential to its existence," and " By giving to every
citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests."
2 quotes for majority factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "The most
powerful faction must be expected to prevail." and "But it will be unable to
execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution."
2 quotes for minority factions from federalist papers 10 Ans: "If a faction
consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican
principle." and "Causes of faction cannot be removed, and that relief is only
to be sought in the means of controlling its effects."
2 quotes for pure democracy vs. republic from federalist papers 10 Ans:
"From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy,...
can admit no cure for the mischiefs of factions." and "A republic, ..., opens a
different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking."
2 quotes for large republic from federalist paper 10 Ans: "However small
the republic may be, the representatives must be raised to a certian
number,..., being proportionally greater in the small republic, ..., a greater
probability of a fit choice." and "Hence, it clearly appears, that the same
advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects
of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic."
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