I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA 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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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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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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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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 nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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An enlightened zeal for the energy and efficiency of government will be stigmatized, as the offspring of a temper fond of despotic power, and hostile to the principles of liberty.
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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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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
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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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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
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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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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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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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A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
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