Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONDangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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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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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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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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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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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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.
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Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.
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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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Have we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption from the imperfections, weaknesses and evils incident to society in every shape?
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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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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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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
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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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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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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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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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