An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONGive all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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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.
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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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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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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
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The masses are asses.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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 passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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