What James Madison thinks about ambition

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American statesman (1751 to 1836); fourth US President and co-author of The Federalist.

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1. 6 Feb 1788

   Our readingAmbition must be set against ambition so that each branch resists the others

   Their wordsAmbition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.

   Federalist No. 51 is one of the papers (Nos. 49 to 58) whose authorship Hamilton and Madison both claimed; the scholarly consensus, and this Gutenberg text, credit it to Madison.

   ↗The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)gutenberg.org All 27 from this book