It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but 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 be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.
It is no less certain than it is important, notwithstanding the contrary opinions which have been entertained, that the larger the society, provided it lie within a practical sphere, the more duly capable it will be of self-government.
— James Madison, Federalist 51
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If Fox News had been around 200 years ago all those left-wing whackos like Jefferson, Madison, Washington and Franklin would have been exposed for the soft on crime anti-family value pinko subversives they were.