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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONHard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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For 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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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