Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.
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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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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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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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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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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
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Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.
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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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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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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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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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