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"Madison (1751-1836) has long been viewed as one of the leading champions of strong national Government, but Lance Banning's brilliant and original new book, 'The Sacred Fire of Liberty," asks: What kind of champion? And of what sort of national Government? The answers he provides are surprising and persuasive....Mr. Banning argues that Hamilton (and many others) simply did not follow the trajectory of Madison's thought closely enough. Attempting to assign reasons for Madison's change of heart is futile, because no such change took place."Lance Banning is the author of 'The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic', published 1998 under ISBN 9780801485244 and ISBN 080148524X.
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