Causes Quote by James Madison

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity,…

— James Madison

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.

— James Madison

“They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force—to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation,…

— Charles Eliot

“In a nation distracted by faction, there are, no doubt, always a few, though commonly but a very few, who preserve their judgment untainted…

— Adam Smith

Groupings of people that get together, think things through, come out to plan and so on, like unions or true political organizations, they've disintegrated.…

— Noam Chomsky

So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful…

— James Madison

There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by…

— David Hume

All combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of…

— George Washington

The humankind stands unduly divided. The resources are held by various peoples in an imbalanced manner. Though the science and technology have developed and…

— K S Venkataraman

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

— Kenneth Waltz

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a…

— Edward Bernays