You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIn the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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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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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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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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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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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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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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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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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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