Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONMen 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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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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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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In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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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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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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Best of wives and best of women.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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