Question

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What important Federalist idea is expressed in this excerpt from the Federalist Papers?

The adversaries to the plan of the convention, instead of considering in the first place what degree of power was absolutely necessary for the purposes of the federal government, have exhausted themselves in a secondary inquiry into the possible consequences of the proposed degree of power to the governments of the particular States. But if the Union, as has been shown, be essential to the security of the people of America against foreign danger; if it be essential to their security against contentions and wars among the different States; if it be essential to guard them against those violent and oppressive factions which embitter the blessings of liberty, and against those military establishments which must gradually poison its very fountain; if, in a word, the Union be essential to the happiness of the people of America, is it not preposterous, to urge as an objection to a government, without which the objects of the Union cannot be attained, that such a government may derogate from the importance of the governments of the individual
States?2
What important Federalist idea is expressed in this excerpt from the Federalist Papers?
A. The difficulty of balancing government efficiency with individual liberty
B. The necessity of collecting taxes
C. The importance of a strong central government
D. The danger of government corruption

Answer 1

The answer is C. The importance of a strong central government. This excerpt clearly inventories the most important reasons why a strong central government is important for the USA:

- "if the Union, as has been shown, be essential to the security of the people of America against foreign danger."

- if it be essential to their security against contentions and wars among the different States."

- "if it be essential to guard them against those violent and oppressive factions which embitter the blessings of liberty, and against those military establishments which must gradually poison its very fountain."

- "The Union be essential to the happiness of the people of America."

All these enumerations reiterate the main idea of the importance of a central government.