Federalist number 10.

Five questions for James Madison:
1.) Why is addressed to the people of New York?
2.) What exactly is your standing on majority vs. minority rights?
3.) What are the "mischiefs of faction?"
4.) Are you or are you not a fan of political parties?
5.) Should citizens all similar desires/passions or different ones?

Five quotes:
1.) "There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects."
What is a mischief of faction? I want to know.
2.) " A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice;"
Does he like all of these different opinions? I couldn't tell.
3.) "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity."
I completely agree with this statement.
4.) "It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good."
Statesmen are not always the best choice.
5.) "In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried;"
He makes some good points, they're just buried.