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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.

Alexander Hamilton

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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Ambition Hope Peace War
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Government Respect Right Strong Yourself
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.
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Hate Man Planning
Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Government Liberty Security
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Goodness Passion Revolution
Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Necessary Philosophy
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Best Hope People
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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Oppression Power
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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Danger Liberty Love Powerful Safety Time
Best of wives and best of women.
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Best Wife Woman
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Force Government Law Liberty
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Powerful Victory
Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Fear Hate Nation
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Blessing Money Nation
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Danger Power Safety
Have we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption from the imperfections, weaknesses and evils incident to society in every shape?
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Enough Evil Imperfection Promise Seen Weakness

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