The Federalist Papers: No. 10

What is the main advantage of a well-constructed Union?

• Deriving specious declamations against liberty

• Creating instability and confusion in public councils

• Promoting domestic faction and insurrection

• Controlling the violence of faction

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What are the causes of faction?

• Different opinions concerning religion

• Attachment to different leaders

• All of the above

• Diversity in the faculties of men

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What are the two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction?

• Removing its causes and controlling its effects

• Destroying liberty and giving everyone the same opinions

• Abolishing air and wishing for the annihilation of fire

• None of the above

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Why is the first remedy of removing the causes of faction worse than the disease?

• It corrupts integrity

• It abolishes air

• It nourishes faction

• It destroys liberty

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Why is the second remedy of giving everyone the same opinions impracticable?

• It corrupts integrity

• It abolishes air

• It destroys liberty

• Different opinions will always exist

What is the first object of government?

• Protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property

• Protection of public engagements and private rights

• Protection of different interests and parties

• Protection of the public good

What are the latent causes of faction?

• All of the above

• Unequal distribution of property

• Attachment to different leaders

• Different opinions concerning religion

Why are many important acts of legislation like judicial determinations?

• They require exact impartiality

• They concern the rights of large bodies of citizens

• They require the most powerful faction to prevail

• They concern the rights of single persons

What is the great object to which our inquiries are directed?

• To rescue the form of government from opprobrium

• All of the above

• To prevent the existence of the same passion or interest in a majority

• To secure the public good and private rights

How can the great object be attained?

• By all means mentioned above

• By controlling the effects of faction

• By removing the causes of faction

• By preventing the existence of the same passion or interest in a majority