I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThere are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair. (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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The government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions – a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism- the last, of liberty.
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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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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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
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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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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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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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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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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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 best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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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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