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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say about this incredibly-important piece of political science and history? Written to raise understanding and support of the new Constitution, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay explain in stunning detail the original intent of nearly every element of the proposed federal gov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20360261">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to rate a book like this. On the one hand, it's one of the foundational writings of American history; on the other hand, it's boring. Much of it is, anyway. Reading it seemed like such a good idea when I first picked it up at Barnes &amp; Noble two or three years ago. I still think it's a book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9375577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know who's a bigger jackass: me, for never having so much as peeped at these, or the grownps at all the various schools I've attended, for not even once suggesting I should.<br/><br/>Actually, that's a lie. I totally do know.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 20 14:27:46 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a must read for any American. It will make you think and ponder about the complexities that our Founding Fathers had to address when forming our government. Too many people today comment on what should change in our government structure not appreciating the immaculate architecture the Founde...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54489468">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 20:11:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[During South by Southwest 2003, I saw a movie called The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. The movie is about President Chavez in Venezuela and the failed coup attempt on his presidency. In the background coverage of his presidency, the filmmakers recounted how as President, he encouraged his citize...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43657259">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Essential commentary on the U.S. federal Constitution by some of the Founding Fathers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay).  There was substantial argument around the founding of the federal government regarding how much power the national government should have, or how much power shoul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38475889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read the Federalist Papers. Then, just for kicks, switch on Hannity &amp; Colmes, or Crossfire, or read USA Today... and then ask yourself, WHAT THE FUCKING CHRIST HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY? Then crawl into a corner and whimper for eight hours straight. (That's what I did.)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's tough to get in the mindset of someone in the 1780's who really had no idea if this new government blueprint was going to more effectively administrate, while maintaining the civil liberties they had fought and some died for, or if it was leading straight back into a monarchy with a different n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36263072">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51325493">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Federalist Papers, this very edition, were required reading for the U.S. History and Government course mandated for all students during their junior year at Maine Twp. H.S. South in Park Ridge, Illinois, along with such documents as The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51325493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42991240">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow...This book has completely transformed my views and understanding of our government.  The US constitution make so much more sense now that I have read its defense.  It's also interesting to read some of the outlandish arguments that were propagated against this ingenious document.  Not much has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42991240">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28756788">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[To All Americans]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[I spent some part of the day yesterday reviewing my marked up copy of the Federalist Papers. Hamilton's eloquence makes the dry facts of political theory not only palatable, but delicious. Here is a sampling:<br/><br/>&quot;It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28756788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16499579">
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    <body><![CDATA[I must mention that I have not read all of this book yet.  I have read about 20 of these papers (starting with the ones that interest me the most), and I have really enjoyed it.<br/><br/>The first paper I read (either #10 or #78, I forget exactly which) it felt a little bit like getting intellectu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16499579">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5418694">
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    <body><![CDATA[First, I'm going to begin with a bitch. <br/>THIS &quot;BOOK&quot; WAS NOT WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. IT IS NOT A BOOK. IT IS A COMPILATION OF SEVERAL ESSAYS WRITTEN UNDER THE PSEUDONYM &quot;PUBLIUS&quot; AND THE AUTHOR(S) WERE ANONYMOUS FOR A LONG TIME.<br/>The true authorship of these was o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5418694">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence is a beautiful thing. It reads like poetry...of course, that was not exactly Jefferson's intention, but that was my first impression.<br/><br/>My later impressions were that even though the Declaration of Independence sounds like poetry, it's also supposed to make s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69897068">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Generally good; and certainly convincing at the time; but there are some fallacious appeals <br/>(e.g. to popularity or consequences) and certain gaps in the logic (e.g. impossible to limit taxation due to unlimited military need against unknown enemies; however, taxation could have been limited to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63112891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Boring as all get out, practically put me to sleep and still I ended up liking this book. How could I not in some ways? It presents the arguments of three men, who if I certainly did not admire, can certainly respect their passionately held opinions and their hopes for what America could be. Also, i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35380812">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Federalism vs. Confederalism?<br/><br/>Few today seem to realize just how frail American democracy, or better yet, how close this nation came to blocking the power of the federal government.  If it weren't for Mr. Hamilton and company's impassioned defense of a strong national government it is ext...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45712867">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[To hell with your political views and how it lines up with the positions advanced by Madison, Hamilton and Jay. Read this to understand the level of political discourse that once existed, then tear your hair, rend your clothes, and plunge into a pit of despair where your only friends are a bottle of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76259075">more...</a>]]></body>
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