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?
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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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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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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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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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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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The rights of neutrality will only be respected, when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
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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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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Best of wives and best of women.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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