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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.

Alexander Hamilton

The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Equality Pain Peace Preparation Responsibility War
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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Expression Fight Language Togetherness Word
Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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Goodness Reality Word
Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
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Beginning Career End Greatness Liberty Man People
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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Human Man Nature Power Willing
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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Democracy People Power Right Secure
I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Myself Responsibility
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Country Danger Disagree Nation
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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Learning Myself Opinion Value
Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Government Liberty Security
The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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Art Reading
All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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Born Community People Rich
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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Advice Body Independence Mindset Strong Weapon
For 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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Equality Mad Politics Religion Weapon
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Act Government People
Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Animal Man Reason

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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