When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
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Best of wives and best of women.
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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 masses are asses.
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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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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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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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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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The rights of neutrality will only be respected, when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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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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