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Federalist 3 Paraphrased

  The Federalist No. 3 - Dangers from Foreign Threats, continued            paraphrased into modern English by John Jay. To: the people of New York, It's commonly known that people of any country who are intelligent and well-informed, as Americans are, don't usually accept and then continue to support a faulty opinion concerning something that affects them personally. That fact has made the American people greatly respect the importance of being securely united under one federal government that has enough authority and power to handle whatever issues come up in a way that's best for the whole nation. The more I think about the reasons why people feel this way, the more convinced I am that those reasons are justified and indisputable. There are many issues that a wise and free people have to consider, and the main one seems to be safety. The safety of the people is related to many different situations and issues, so it provides a lot of options for those who want to define i
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Aspects of Tennyson, by James Knowles, 1893

 This isn't a paraphrase, it's an article from a periodical called The Nineteenth Century, which is online at archive.org , but the volume is so thick that it's hard for Tennyson fans to navigate to this article. Sir James Knowles was a writer himself, his best known book is about King Arthur. He was a personal friend of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and he wrote this just after Tennyson died. ----------------------------------- pg 164  from the periodical The Nineteenth Century , Jan. 1893.  Aspects of Tennyson by James Knowles II (A Personal Reminiscence)  If in the following pages I can contribute a few touches to the portrait of Lord Tennyson which his contemporaries alone can paint, my object in writing them will be accomplished. Of Tennyson the Poet his Poems will remain a 'monument more lasting than brass' to the remotest future. But of the man himself 'in his habit as he lived' the likeness can only be portrayed by those who knew him personally, and only
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Federalist 81 Paraphrased

  Federalist No. 81 - The Judicial Branch will have limited power, and won't eliminate trial by jury       paraphrased into modern English by Alexander Hamilton, June 1788 To: the people of New York, Let's get back to how judicial authority is divided up among the different courts, and how the different courts relate to each other.  The Constitution says, 'The judicial [ legal ] part of the United States will be settled in one supreme court, and as many inferior courts [ lesser courts that serve under the Supreme Court ] as Congress might add from time to time.' I doubt anyone will disagree that there should be one ultimate court making final decisions. We've explained the reasons for setting it up this way elsewhere, and the reasons are too obvious to need repeating here. The only question is whether the judicial system should be its own distinct branch of government, or whether it should be included as part of the legislative branch. The criticism made here is the
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Federalist 71 Paraphrased

Federalist No. 71 - The Length of the President's Term       paraphrased into modern English by Alexander Hamilton, March 18, 1788 To: The people of New York: I mentioned before that having a long enough term in office was the second thing needed to protect the authority of the Executive office. There are two reasons for this: to reinforce the individual holding the office of President as he executes his constitutional powers, and to add stability to the administrative people he appoints. As far as the first [ reinforcing the President ], it should be obvious that the longer his term lasts, the more likely his authority will be respected. It's a general truth of human nature that the more secure a man feels in his position, the more interested he'll be in that position. The more temporary or unsettled his position, the less attached he'll be to it. He'll be willing to risk more for something that means more to him. This is as true for a political office as it is for
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