Quote#Science & Reason
. By abstaining from measures which operate differently on different…
Quote byJames Madison · 1751–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "On Parties" (23 January 1792), Papers of James Madison Vol. XIV, pp. 197-8.
English (original)
. By abstaining from measures which operate differently on different interests, and particularly such as favor one interest at the expence of another. 5. By making one party a check on the other, so far as the existence of parties cannot be prevented, nor their views accommodated. If this is not the language of reason, it is that of republicanism.
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