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Disharmony in federal government
Author(s) -
Riker William H.,
Schaps Ronald
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830020405
Subject(s) - federalist , value (mathematics) , set (abstract data type) , character (mathematics) , government (linguistics) , plan (archaeology) , law and economics , political science , law , history , sociology , computer science , philosophy , politics , mathematics , linguistics , geometry , archaeology , machine learning , programming language
“Among the numerous advantages promised by a well‐constructed union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate as when he contemplates their pro‐pensity for this dangerous vice. He will not fail, therefore, to set a due value on any plan which, without violating the principles to which he is attached, provides a proper cure for it.” The Federalist .