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The masses are asses.

Alexander Hamilton

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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Born Community People Rich
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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Advice Body Independence Mindset Strong Weapon
If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.
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Enemy Government Responsible
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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Hate Man Planning
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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Power Respect Right Weakness
Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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Goodness Reality Word
Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Authority Nature War
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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Ambition Hope Peace War
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Government Justice Man Passion Reason
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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Avoid Best Philosophy
Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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Fear Hate Nation
Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Government Liberty Security
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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Mistake Person
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Blessing Money Nation
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Act Government People
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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Country Danger Disagree Nation

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