james madison is talking about among the numerous advantages promised by a onstructed union, nserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. colleen sheehan, what was he referring to? >> he says that a faction could be a majority or a minority of the whole. what is decisive about affection is it is contrary to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent interests of the community. it is unjust. faction is what destroys popular government. what madison sets as the goal in federalist 10 is to control the violence of faction. because he wants the majority to rule, but not a majority faction. somehow the majority that will rule has to be a just majority. if it is not just majority to begin with, it has to be refined through the constitutional processes. >> two websites i want to mention to you. c-span.org, books that shaped america. more specifically, if you go to the federalist page, you will get other videos that will add to your understanding of the federalist. secondly, if you want to learn more about alexander hamilton, ja