In 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONI 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.
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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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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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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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Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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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 are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair. (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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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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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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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 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.
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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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