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?
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA 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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
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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.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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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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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.
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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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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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