Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA strong body makes the mind strong, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by considerations not connected with the public good.
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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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