There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONSafety 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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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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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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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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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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Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
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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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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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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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The 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.
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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. But this is a thing more ardently to be wished than seriously to be expected.
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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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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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The honor of a nation is its life.
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