The constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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The constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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Best of wives and best of women.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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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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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 passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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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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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
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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 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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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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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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