The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist PapersMadison House, 1998 - 183 pages Jefferson called The Federalist "the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written," and yet the text is considered lifeless and impenetrable by all but the most persistent readers. The Essential Federalist presents a bold new approach to reading one of the most important documents in American history. By careful selection, organization, and annotation of the essays' most meaningful passages, this book showcases what is central to The Federalist. "If the road over which you will still have to pass," in reading these papers, wrote Publius, "should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of free people. . . . It will be my aim to remove the obstacles to your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to dispatch." Dr. Quentin P. Taylor takes up Publius' challenge by making The Federalist an understandable and usable resource. This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of American government. |
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... depend for their political constitutions on accident and force . If there be any truth in the remark , the crisis at which we are arrived , may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made ; and a wrong ...
... depend for their political constitutions on accident and force . If there be any truth in the remark , the crisis at which we are arrived , may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made ; and a wrong ...
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... depend on the contingencies of the moment . Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power called for on pressing exigencies by a defective constitution , than by the full exercise of the largest constitutional ...
... depend on the contingencies of the moment . Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power called for on pressing exigencies by a defective constitution , than by the full exercise of the largest constitutional ...
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... depend on the number of interests and sects ; and this may be presumed to depend on the extent of country and number of people comprehended under the same gov- ernment . This view of the subject must particularly recommend a proper ...
... depend on the number of interests and sects ; and this may be presumed to depend on the extent of country and number of people comprehended under the same gov- ernment . This view of the subject must particularly recommend a proper ...
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