A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThere are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair. (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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The masses are asses.
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A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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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