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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.

Alexander Hamilton

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Act Government People
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Control Difficult Government Man
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Ambition Hope Peace War
The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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Equality Pain Peace Preparation Responsibility War
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Danger Power Safety
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Choice Connection Goodness Happiness Public
Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Animal Man Reason
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Mad Politics Religious Weapon
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Advice Body Independence Mindset Strong Weapon
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Government Ideas Law Power Punishment Word
Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Oppression Power
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Citizenship Enjoyment Oneself Protection Purpose Right
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
I always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Alone Feeling Myself Necessary Satisfaction
Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Career Friendship Myself
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Divine Hands Human Right Writing

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