To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONMen of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Vigor 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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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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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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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 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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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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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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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The honor of a nation is its life.
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