Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by considerations not connected with the public good. But this is a thing more ardently to be wished than seriously to be expected.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIn framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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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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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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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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The constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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The masses are asses.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Happy it is when the interest which the government has in the preservation of its own power, coincides with a proper distribution of the public burthens, and tends to guard the least wealthy part of the community from oppression!
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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