The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.

James Madison

Federalist 45

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Constitutional theory Federalism American politics

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James Madison

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Federalist 45 The Federalist Papers

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Political literature

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English

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1788 1780s 18th century

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American Revolutionary Period

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United States

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 45: The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered." Independent Journal, 26 Jan. 1788.

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Madison, James. "'No. 45: Whether the mass of powers will endanger the states.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Political faction Political conflict Political theory Politics

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James Madison
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Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers
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1787 1780s 18th century
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American Revolutionary Period
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Iphigenia in Tauris

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Iphigenia in Tauris
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1787 1780s 18th century
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenia in Taurus]. 1779, Ducal private theater, Weimar, Germany, act 4, sc. 4.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Iphigenia in Tauris." Goethe: The Collected Works: Verse Plays and Epic, edited by Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Vol. 8, Princeton University Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 4.

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When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence
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1776 1770s 18th century
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American Revolutionary Period
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United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

Current Citation

The National Archives. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript. 24 July 2020, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.