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By James Madison
Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.
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- The Federalist, volume 1 (New York: J. and A. McLean, 1788), 1788 · The Federalist, 1788, vol. 1, No. 10, p. 54
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- Internet Archive (scan of the 1788 McLean edition, volume 1)
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From Federalist No. 10, written by Madison under the name Publius, first printed on November 22, 1787 and reprinted in the 1788 book.