At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will have the force to subvert a government.... But theoretic reasoning in this, as in most other cases, must be qualified by the lessons of practice.


The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788 (ed. 1842)

James Madison Quotes

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will...

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will...

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will...

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will...