 | Rolf Jucker - 1997 - 390 pages
...and noble", these "men of intelligence, patriotism, property and independent circumstances" would be a "chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interests of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice... | |
 | Cheryl Simrell King, Camilla Stivers - 1998 - 244 pages
...over a large area but, by restricting citizen involvement to the selection of representatives, would "refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them...wisdom may best discern the true interest of their county" (PP- 62-63). Thus, the founders' faith in the will of the people was tempered by acute awareness... | |
 | Lance Banning - 1995 - 566 pages
...scheme of representation takes place." Here, "the public views" could be "refine[d] and enlarge [d] ... by passing them through the medium of a chosen body...of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interests of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice... | |
 | Eric Alterman - 1998 - 268 pages
...need not process raw public opinion directly into policy. The job of the representative is instead "to refine and enlarge the public views by passing...through the medium of a chosen body of citizens." Madison reasons that such deliberations may represent a more thoughtful form of democracy. "It may... | |
 | Benjamin R. Barber - 2000 - 310 pages
...tyranny (whether popular/majoritarian or elite). As Madison had put it, the representative system could "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens,"11 thereby achieving a delicate balance of popular control and prudent government, participation... | |
 | Eugene Cotran, Adel Omar Sherif - 1999 - 620 pages
...institution. The solution was to choose "an extensive republic" over government on a state or local scale, and to "refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens" elected by the rest. This ingenious design of the framers, the "great and aggregate interests being... | |
 | Kim Fridkin Kahn, Kim Fridkin, Patrick J. Kenney - 1999 - 296 pages
...so that representatives have the information necessary to, in Madison's view (Federalist, no. 10), "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them...through the medium of a chosen body of citizens." These connections are equally important because they allow legislators to "explain Washington activity."... | |
 | Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky - 1999 - 484 pages
...representative form of government. In such a representative government, public views can be refined and enlarged by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens (legislature) whose wisdom can help determine the true interest of the country. Madison also asserted... | |
 | Geoffrey Brennan, Alan Hamlin - 2000 - 282 pages
...Schumpeter's argument is presented in chapter 22 of Schumpeter (1950). political representation is 'to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...best discern the true interest of their country'. 4 Our argument proceeds in several steps. First, we provide an account of the second-best theories... | |
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The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and... 
