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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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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Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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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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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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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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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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