...unequal distribution of property" (Federalist 10, MP 10, 265). Political action motivated by passion ("zeal for different opinions concerning religion,...ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power") is less common but also more disruptive and difficult to control (ibid.; see also Epstein 1984, 76—78,...

...parties. The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according...concerning government, and many other points, as well as speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence...

...thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion,...other points, as well of speculation as of practice . . ." (25). 5. See Yael Tamir, Liberal Nationalism (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985)....

...passion or interest, and the factions of passion are further specified to include those that arise from xampled patriotism and patient virtue" and "afford.... . 'had * (JF 498-500). Washington sealed his e and those that arise from "attachment" to ambitious or charismatic leaders. Passionate factions are...

...Millennium? The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them every where brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society. -James Madison, The Federalist Papers, Number 10 My analysis, like all others, leaves several questions...

...Federalist io: "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according...to the different circumstances of civil society." Hence, a central reason for focusing on disagreement relates to the "different circumstances of civil...

...or people who gather to protect their own personal economic or political interests. Madison wrote: A zeal for different opinions concerning religion,...ambitiously contending for preeminence and power; or two persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have,...

...parties. The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them every where brought into different degrees of activity, according...concerning Government and many other points, as well 329 of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence...

...factions, in particular, result from the coincidence of both passion and false opinion. The consequence is a "zeal for different opinions concerning religion,...and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice."13 Such zeal can be destructive. However, if a party's opinion were true and just, then the...

...brought into different degrees of aftivity,. according to the different circumftances of civil fociety. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion,...concerning government, and many other points, as well of ¿peculation as of praftice ; an attachment to different leaders-ambitioufly contending for pre-erainence...