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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONUnless 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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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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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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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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 politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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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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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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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