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FEDERALIST PAPER 47 By: Camila Neumann

FEDERALIST PAPER 47 By: Camila Neumann. First off... What are the Federalist Papers?. The Federalist Papers consist of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the constitution. Now...What is Federalist Paper 47?.

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FEDERALIST PAPER 47 By: Camila Neumann

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  1. FEDERALIST PAPER 47By: Camila Neumann

  2. First off... What are the Federalist Papers? The Federalist Papers consist of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the constitution.

  3. Now...What is Federalist Paper 47? Federalist Paper 47 talks about the "separation of powers" and was written by James Madison.

  4. Madison's Thoughts In the essay Madison begins talking about how important it is to distribute the power among the three different branches of government properly. He says, “the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

  5. Tyranny in other words is, when one person has absolute power and they exercise that power in an unjustly manner. This means, that if the power of all three branches of government was given to one person or a small group, then we would be living under tyranny.

  6. Madison also quotes Montesquieu in saying that, “there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates.” Madison uses another quote from Montesquieu saying, “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body, there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest THE SAME MONARCH or senate should ENACT tyrannical laws to EXECUTE them in a tyrannical manner.”

  7. Madsion uses these quotes to express that the seperation of powers is a necessary principle in all forms of government.

  8. As you can see Madison puts great emphasis on how much the seperation of powers is important and defends that the constitution is set up that way. He defends the constitution and the principle because without it their would be tyranny and loss of liberty.

  9. “...the preservation of liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be seperate and distinct.” -James Madison

  10. THE END!!!! Thank you!

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