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quotes on ambition

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The Federalist Papers, as a foundation text of constitutional interpretation, are frequently cited by American jurists. Of all the essays, No. 51 is the fourth-most cited.

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The purpose of No. 51 is to "form a more correct judgment of the principles and structure of the government planned by the Constitutional Convention". In the paper, this is done by informing the reader of the safeguards created by the convention to maintain the separate branches of government, and to protect the rights of the people.

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"In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent, is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own: and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.... Some difficulties, however, and some additional expense would attend the execution of it. Some deviations, therefore, from the principle must be admitted."