Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe 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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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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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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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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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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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Best of wives and best of women.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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