By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to …

James Madison
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By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest... The latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man. ✨ Federalist No. 10 (The Federalist Papers). Essay by James Madison, November 23, 1787.
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