...historical instances of abuses by democracies, Madison wrote: "Hence it is that such [direct] democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...personal security or the rights of property; and have generally been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."47 They understood...

...Such democracies [as the Greek and Roman] have ever been found incompatible with personal security of the rights of property; and have in general been as...in their lives, as they have been violent in their deaths.10 But if, at the time of writing the Constitution, the Americans were wary of the power of...

...in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction . . . Hence it is that democracies have been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have...ever been found incompatible with personal security . . . and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. A...

...cleverly highlighted in Federalist 10. They are "spectacles of turbulence and contention," and have been "as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."46 Homogeneous local communities that exist without meaningful constitutional restraints, Madison...

...explained the tumultuous experiences of democracies in antiquity. "Hence it is that such democracies have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property," Madison explained, "and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their...

...inducements to sacrifice the weaker party, or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is, that such Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...lives, as they have been violent in their deaths. 10. »Rapport sur les principes de morale politique qui doive guider la convention«, taie holdt 5.2...

...inducements to sacrifice the weaker party, or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is, that such Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...lives, as they have been violent in their deaths". 12. "Rapport sur les principes de morale politique qui doive guider la convention", speech delivered...

...inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that...

...only incapable of deliberation, but prepared for every enormity." Democracies, James Madison observed, "have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...lives as they have been violent in their deaths." 5 Finding themselves faced with an excessively democratic republic bereft of the balancing influences...

...inducements to sacrifice the weaker party, or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is, that such Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention;...lives, as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of Government, have erroneously supposed, that...