Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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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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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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The masses are asses.
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There 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)
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