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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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The government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions – a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism- the last, of liberty.
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A 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.
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Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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The very aim and intention of the democratical part, or the house of commons, is to secure the rights of the people. It’s very being depends upon those rights. Its whole power is derived from them, and must be terminated by them.
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Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.
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There 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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The masses are asses.
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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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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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