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...Federalist No. 10, Madison wrote that "liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment, without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life." Historically, such liberty could have led to splinter-party chaos; the U.S. instead channeled the political urge into two institutionalized parties. In their adversary relationship, they act as delicate checks upon one another, capitalizing on the deep American fear of unrestrained power. Though few voters would...
...Switzerland-which donated 2% of the tunnel's cost-to take part in its inauguration. He even denied the Swiss access to the tunnel, the only link between the ribbon-cutting ceremonies on the French side and the speeches on the Italian. Small wonder that one passionate European Federalist in the audience found the session disturbing enough to break through police lines and fling an envelope toward De Gaulle. As Italian carabinieri hauled him brusquely away, De Gaulle opened the envelope. Inside was a politely worded plea to both Presidents on behalf of European unity...
There are more obvious inhibitions to democracy. In the Federalist Paper No. 51, James Madison pointed out that the first requirement of a government is to be able to control the governed. From the Congo to Burma, controlling the governed-often in the face of Communist subversion-is the first order of business that leaves little energy for anything else. Some prerequisites for effective democracy, notably a respect for order and a sense of accommodation without violence, can probably be furnished only by a strong, educated middle class, which is present in few of the emerging nations...
...King of the Junkies." For Cabot, the work on his alma mater's portfolio is a labor of love. A descendant of George Cabot (1752-1823), a Federalist leader and one of Massachusetts' first U.S. Senators, Paul Cabot naturally entered Harvard and received an M.B.A. from the business school, before he went into investing. Cabot collected so much scrap metal as salvage director of the War Production Board that his friend Douglas Dillon called him "the king of the junkies...
...Court was organized with six Justices in 1789, was cut to five in 1801 by the lame-duck Federalist Congress to prevent President Jefferson from appointing a Republican. Congress raised the number to seven in 1807, nine in 1837, ten in 1863, cut back to the present nine in 1869. Had Congress approved F.D.R.'s court-packing plan in 1937, there could now be 15 Justices...