The founding fathers that developed the Constitution were not seeking to realize any fine notions about democracy and equality, but were striving with all the resources of political wisdom at their command to set up a system of government that would be stable and efficient, safeguarded on one hand against the possibilities of despotism and on the other against the onslaught of majorities. It was believed by some of the founding fathers that the downfall …
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…wealth of the country more evenly. Because of this, some founding fathers thought that property ownership was a necessary voting prerequisite. This idea was ultimately defeated in the final draft of the Constitution. A system of checks and balances guarded the interests of property against attacks by majorities. Madison believed that one of the Constitutions greatest qualities was that it secured the rights of the minority against the superior force of an interested and overbearing