The very aim and intention of the democratical part, or the house of commons, is to secure the rights of the people. It’s very being depends upon those rights. Its whole power is derived from them, and must be terminated by them.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Best of wives and best of women.
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The constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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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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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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A 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.
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The 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.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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