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ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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.
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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
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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.
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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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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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The rights of neutrality will only be respected, when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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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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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
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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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