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Federalist 10, The most common source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property

By Steve Straub On July 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Federalist Papers, James Madison

“A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power; or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them [...]

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Alexander Hamilton, The cry against men of property has been carried to an extreme which ought to alarm every class

By Steve Straub On July 12, 2012 · 17 Comments · In Alexander Hamilton

The cry against men of property has been carried to an extreme by the friends of the Governor, which ought to alarm the considerate of every class.

There is no stronger sign of combinations unfriendly to the general good, than when the partisans of those in power raise an indiscriminate cry against men of property.

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James Otis, On the Writs of Assistance, 1761

By Steve Straub On June 8, 2011 · 5 Comments · In James Otis

One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle.

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