"Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed union, none deserves to be more accurately developed, than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments, never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice." - from Federalist #10, James Madison What is James Madison warning against in this excerpt from Federalist #107 A) James Madison is trying to illustrate the advantages of a representative democracy over a pure democracy and cites factions as one of the reasons. B) James Madison believed a well organized theocratic type of government would be better for the United States than a pure democracy. C) James Madison warned against too much power resting in the hands of citizens and advocated for a strong central government. D) James Madison proposed the use of factions to control government and citizens in the new republic.​