The Federalist papers

“If you read Federalist 51, James Madison is talking about if angels were to govern, if human beings were angels, no government would be necessary. If human beings were devils, then no government would be capable.”

“The Federalist Paper is a big one in terms of sort of how American politics works.”

“If you have a taste for 18th century language, read the Federalist Papers, um a series of newspaper op-eds arguing um that the Constitution is a you know, a good document that should be ratified.”

“we don't read some woke professors interpretation of the Federalist Papers we have our students read The Federalist Papers”

“and you know the Federalist the the various names writing The Federalist Papers and I as a 25 year or that as a 40-year-old with all this education couldn't read those same documents”

“this is what madison was writing about in the federalist papers that he feared”

“I mean, if you read the Federalist Papers, yeah, you say like, 'Oh, these guys knew everything know. They knew all the basics about who people are, what they're like.' The the insight into humanity on any page of the Federalist Papers is so much deeper than anything you'll read over 50 days in in our press.”

“You know, the founders I've been reading the Federalist Papers, you know, I don't see what I'm saying as a pessimistic thing. Like America wasn't founded on idealism. Like the the the Federalist papers are like deeply skeptical of human nature.”

“So in the lead up to the United States Constitution, the Constitution Convention, in the summer of 1787, the Federalist Papers, anti-Federalist Papers were authored. They were writing back and forth.”

“in the Federalist Papers 10 and 51 James Madison emphasized that the structure of govern was meant to ensure that both state and federal governments would limit each other's excesses including their financial ones”

“I recently started reading the Federalist papers again sex I don't know when you last reviewed them and I'm just struck by how so much of our modern political rhetoric is driven by what the federal government will do for you on a national basis a state basis and now even a local basis”

“the vulnerability in the system here goes way back in Federal's 51 James Madison set out the challenge he and his colleagues faced in writing the Constitution”

“in fact i think james charles taylor has a very interesting book revisiting james the variety's religious experience and he talks about this idea that james looks at people who have religion in this sanguine sense”

“and uh what were those papers The Federalist Papers they're back here on my shelf actually somewhere okay yeah and they were written anonymously am I correct in some cases”

“But you read his writings and what have you as he played his part, "The Federalist Papers" and so forth in establishing the land of the free, it's brilliant stuff, and to dismiss the wisdom of the ages because somehow we're cleverer and they were lesser, no conservative should ever adopt that line.”

“if you read the federalist papers and you talk and you read anything about the filing histories country the biggest fear was always that we would people would spend money or promise money to get votes”

“By the way, you know, these were very, very smart people, right? And so they knew tremendous amounts of like Greek and Roman history. They knew the Renaissance history, you know, "The Federalist Papers," they argue this a great length.”

“If you go back to the original intent of the framers and and read the Federalist papers, Federalist 70, you know, Alexander Hamilton, they spoke very clearly about the necessity of having a commander in chief that had the authority to act when there's imminent danger to the American people or our interests or our personnel.”

“so the number of them have actually said you know those federalist papers that really interesting”

“so James Madison in Federalist 51 said that the structure of the government should be such”

“Alexander Hamilton was very explicit about that in the Federalist Papers and elsewhere.”

“if you've read The Federalist Papers buy and large of Federalist Papers argue for a republic because um of National Security”

“We require them to learn about the Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and all that great stuff.”

“they think the the conservative leaning justices are just like toing their mustache being like we will turn the country into the Federalist Papers”

“It is a vision of separation of church and state; fine, you can have any religion you want, but just don't impose it on me. The roots of America are in the enlightenment, the Declaration, and the Constitution. If we can resurrect the spirit of the Founders, if we can bring that back, and that's a positive vision.”

“if you go back to the arguments for the pardon being in the Constitution you can see that Alexander Hamilton wrote deeply about it in Federalist Paper number 74”

“Which again, it’s not Charlie Kirk’s idea; it’s Madison’s idea and Hamilton’s idea and Jay— they wrote this for a reason because they did not want senators to become pseudo-celebrities.”

“If you read The Federalist Papers and I went through a couple of these recently and I used ChatGPT to help me kind of, you know, bring out some of I think the key points but in the Federalist Papers 10 and 51 James Madison emphasized that the structure of govern was meant to ensure that both state and federal”

“And then in the Federalist Paper number 58 he said the House of Representatives has control over the quote power of the purse which gives the people’s representatives authority over taxation and spending but they also warned along with Alexander Hamilton of the dangers of unchecked government power through burdensome taxation and excess spending which would ultimately erode individual freedoms.”

“well John maybe you haven't read Federal's paper 11 says the roles and responsibilities of Congress are to provide checks and balances on the president”