As Madison sees it the danger is in political action the safeguard in stalemate. Factions interests are to be "broken," "controlled," and "balanced" against each other to produce "stability" (Beer 1957:629; Padover 1953: 17; De Grezia 1951: 96, 99-100). On those rare occasions when public action is required, Madison assumes, there will be no difficulty in securing a substantial majority to support it. Representation not only makes possible a large republic but it is a way of bringing dangerous social conflict into a single central forum where it can be controlled and rendered harmless by balancing. Only if each representative in fact pursues the interests of his constituents will the requisite balancing take place.