Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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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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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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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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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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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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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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