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The Federalist 10 {Ans: James Madison In Federalist Paper No. 10, James Maddison addresses the question of how to guard against "faction", or groups of citizens with interests that oppose the rights of others or the interests of the whole community. Madison argues that a large republic would be a better defense against those dangers than smaller republics, such as individual states. From the beginning, he labels diversity of opinion in political life the most serious of factions as it could lead to fundamental issues such as what religion should be practiced. He saw direct democracy as a danger to individual rights and advocated a representative democracy in order to protect a citizen's liberty from majority control. He then describes the two impracticable methods to removing faction: first, destroying liberty, and the second, creating a society homogeneous in opinions and interests. Madison particularly emphasizes that economic stratification prevents everyone from sharing the same opinion. Madison concludes that the damage caused by faction can be limited only by controlling its effects. Maddison depicts how with pure democracy, every citizen votes directly for laws, and, with republic, citizens vote for an elite of representatives who then vote for laws. He indicates