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The Federalist Papers is one of those rare works that transcend the context of the time to become an essential part of political theory - not just for all places, but for all time.
In 175,000 words, spread out over 85 articles and six months, three of the men most intimately acquainted with the writing of the Constitution of the United States wrote one of its most reasoned and persuasive defences. It was enough to persuade the citizens of New York of the Constitution’s benefits, but it also provided to the world a unique insight into one of the most amazing documents ever written.
In a series of articles written and published a bullet speed, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay cover topics ranging from taxation and militia to the power of the states and the necessity of safeguarding the rights of common people. The Papers are, apart from anything else, very compelling arguments for the Federalist system of the United States government. In the history of the founding of the USA, they are themselves required reading just as much as any history book.
Above that, however, the Papers have become part of the political theory of federalism. The story of classical republicanism is written in those pages, in a better way than any other work I’ve ever come across.
Reading the Federalist Papers today, and they put into words the reasons why the United States has become so powerful, for the most part, stable. There are no better ways to appreciate the collective genius of the Founding Fathers than to read the Federalist Papers