Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights, consecrate their Union, and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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An enlightened zeal for the energy and efficiency of government will be stigmatized, as the offspring of a temper fond of despotic power, and hostile to the principles of liberty.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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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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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 best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Happy it is when the interest which the government has in the preservation of its own power, coincides with a proper distribution of the public burthens, and tends to guard the least wealthy part of the community from oppression!
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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