Federalist No. 1

Although Hamilton is in favor of America’s status as a <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Index of Terms" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-federalist-papers/index-of-terms/#200577">republic</a> answerable to the people, he cautions against anti-Federalist critics who believe that the <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Index of Terms" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-federalist-papers/index-of-terms/#200573">Constitution</a> tramples over the rights of individual Americans. He specifically calls these critics out as “demagogues,” a term used to describe politicians who appeal to the passions—and often the prejudices—of the people, in the absence of strong, rational arguments for their position. Hamilton argues that when demagogues rise to power, the people lose the very liberties they <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/claim/">claim</a> to cherish—a phenomenon which played out with devastatingly violent results at various points in ancient history and, in the modern era, in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.

Federalist No. 2

Throughout these essays, Jay and his coauthors attempt to negotiate a balance between an energetic and empowered government and the rights of the people governed. On one hand, the government must be powerful enough to provide for the safety of its citizens, which necessarily requires that citizens subordinate some of their natural rights to the rule of law. In this, The Federalist Papers and the <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Index of Terms" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-federalist-papers/index-of-terms/#200573">Constitution</a> itself bear the influence of Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, who believed that people willingly transfer some of their freedoms to sovereign authorities in exchange for the protection of other rights.

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