Question

Which quotation from the Federalist Papers5 is most clearly a response to the Anti-Federalist argument that politicians within a strong federal government might try to take over the country?

Answer 1

The answer is

Before such a revolution can be effected, the senate, it is to be observed, must in the first place corrupt itself, must next corrupt the state legislatures; must then corrupt the House of Representatives; and must finally corrupt the people at large.