Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONNature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIn the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONWho 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?
ALEXANDER HAMILTONNature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIf 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONBest of wives and best of women.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONSafety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON