The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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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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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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Best of wives and best of women.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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.
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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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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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