...is evident in "The Federalist No. 10," the filter was the "medium of the chosen body of citizens": "to refine and enlarge the public views by passing...them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens" (Hamilton 1961, p. 134). 66. Ibid. Chapter 8 The Rise of the Liberal-Democratic State Although the...

...framed the election of representatives not as a necessary evil, but as a useful mechanism that could "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens."'7 Indeed, in Federalist No. 63 Madison argued that the superiority of the American constitution...

...Madison writes that representation will "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country" (Federalist no. 10, 50). 41. Discussing Amy Gutmann's preference for elite-imposed desegregation policies...

...threatened liberty as much as or more than strong governments. To succeed, a free government depended on "a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of the country, and whose patriotism and love of justice, will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary...

...people commonly intend the public good,"8 the framers' primary focus was on the people's representatives "whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and [are] . . . least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.'"' The president is...

...country, over which the latter may be extended. The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...of their country, and whose patriotism and love of la justicia. Cada chelín que recarguen sobre la minoría es un chelín menos que saldrá de sus propios...

...government because representation makes it possible to extend government over a large area and serves to "refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...may best discern the true interest of their country" (Cooke, 1961, pp. 62-63). The Federalists believed that ordinary people were neither qualified for,...

...factions, or at least did not reflect them directly. The institutions of representative government should "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens."89 The virtue and competence of the candidate were reflected in the rationality of the political...

...search for answers above this battle of interests by assigning decision making to a select "small number of citizens. . . . whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country."28 This is a "trustee" or "republican" conception of a well-functioning legislature. But others...

...sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended. The effect of the first difference is ... to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing...may best discern the true interest of their country. . . . it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will...