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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Alexander Hamilton

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Danger Power Safety
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Man Mistake Nation Patriot Season Worth
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Hate Man Planning
Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Authority Nature War
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Goodness Passion Revolution
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Blessing Money Nation
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Change Necessary Possible Reason
Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Animal Man Reason
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Powerful Victory
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Democracy Government Liberty Reality
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Learning Myself Opinion Value
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Control Different Force
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Design Loyalty Man People
If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Enemy Government Responsible
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Democracy People Power Right Secure
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Enjoyment People Protection Purpose

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

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