Have we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption from the imperfections, weaknesses and evils incident to society in every shape?
ALEXANDER HAMILTONTo all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
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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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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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A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.
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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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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 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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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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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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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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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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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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If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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