The kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights, consecrate their Union, and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONNature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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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 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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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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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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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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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
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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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