Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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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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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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.
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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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Best of wives and best of women.
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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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