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 HAMILTONThe pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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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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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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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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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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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The very aim and intention of the democratical part, or the house of commons, is to secure the rights of the people. It’s very being depends upon those rights. Its whole power is derived from them, and must be terminated by them.
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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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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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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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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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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 art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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I always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
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