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5 pages in length. Has Madison's quest for "auxiliary precautions" reached fruition? Indeed not. Should further steps be taken to ensure the sanctity of each institution from encroachment by the others? Absolutely. Yet was resides at the crux of this dichotomy is how the very nature of democracy has been wholly distorted since the Constitution's inception so as to render its original intent subjective at best. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in its infancy. By recognizing the potential for undesirable authoritarianism, Hamilton and Madison worked diligently by means of the Federalist Papers to protect and promote freedom. Has his
quest for "auxiliary precautions" reached fruition? Indeed not. Should further steps be taken to ensure the sanctity of each institution from encroachment by the others? Absolutely.
Yet was resides at the crux of this dichotomy is how the very nature of democracy has been wholly distorted since the Constitutions inception so as to render its original
intent subjective at best. "The framers of the U.S. Constitution were decidedly ambivalent about the extent to which the regime they contemplated would reliably produce disinterested governors. They
hoped that sufficient numbers of virtuous public servants would hold elective and appointive posts, but they were far from confident that the American character would support a classical republic (or
confederation of republics) requiring widespread public virtue" (Richardson et al, 1991, p. 275). In Federalist paper #51, Madison (1788) writes that "if
a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure," a statement whose message is meant to warn of the socially inequitable practice of
utilitarianism. The extent to which the majority of a given society typically holds the ability to make policy at the exclusion of any minority objection is both grand and
far-reaching; that Madison (1788) cautions against this type of division making its way into the foundation of American principles speaks to the ongoing quest to remove class and social status
distinction when considering the needs of society as a whole. To consider whether this vision is part of the twenty-first century is to acknowledge that not only do class
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