Federalist No. 51
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Federalist No. 51, titled:
The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments, is an essay by
James Madison, the fifty-first of
The Federalist Papers. It was published on February 6, 1788, under the
pseudonym Publius, the name under which all
The Federalist Papers were published. One of the most famous of
The Federalist Papers, No. 51 addresses means by which appropriate
checks and balances
can be created in government and also advocates a separation of powers
within the national government. One of its most important ideas is the
often quoted phrase, "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition".
The Federalist Papers, as a foundation text of constitutional
interpretation, are frequently cited by American jurists. Of all the
essays, No. 51 is the fourth most-cited.
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