Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONCaution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
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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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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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Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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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.
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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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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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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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