The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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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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Who 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?
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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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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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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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Happy it is when the interest which the government has in the preservation of its own power, coincides with a proper distribution of the public burthens, and tends to guard the least wealthy part of the community from oppression!
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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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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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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If 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.
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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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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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