Federalist Papers Governing One's Own Term Paper

Efforts were made to check the power of the majority as well as the minority, for to achieve justice not simply in the perfection of the individual soul but to create a functioning and just government that has effective checks and balances that stymie the pursuit of happiness of its citizens, "is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but also to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority is united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure." Justice is when both the majority and the minority have equal rights to speak, to fail, and succeed in Publius' view, in a world lacking philosophically angelic and perfect institutions.Works Cited

Plato. "Phaedo." MIT Classics Archive. Last modified 2004 at http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/phaedo.html

Publius. "Federalist No. 51." The Avalon Project. Last modified 2004 at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed51.htm

Publius, "Federalist No. 51," the Avalon Project, last modified 2004 at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed51.htm

Plato, "Phaedo," MIT Classics Archive, last modified 2004 at http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/phaedo.html

Publius, "Federalist No. 51," the Avalon Project, last modified 2004 at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed51.htm.....