A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONWhy has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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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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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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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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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.
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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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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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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A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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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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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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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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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