Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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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 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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.
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I always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
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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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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
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