Brent’s Reviews > The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 > Status Update

...many Americans were convinced that an effective government for the United States must sooner or later depart from republican principles. James Madison had pointed out the the convention that this fear was groundless. In a republic, he argued both in the convention and afterward in the newspapers, the majority, however composed, will always rule. The danger to individual rights will come therefore from a majority..