The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay · 1787-1788

The 1788 text. 85 parts, about 189,194 words, 14 hours of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.
No. 51 (Madison) · Read it in Chapter LI
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
No. 51 (Madison) · Read it in Chapter LI
Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than…
No. 10 (Madison) · Read it in Chapter X
The judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment.
No. 78 (Hamilton) · Read it in LXXVIII: The Judiciary Department

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