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 HAMILTONThe best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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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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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.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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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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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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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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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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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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All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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