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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Alexander Hamilton

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Fear Hate Nation
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Learning Myself Opinion Value
Dangerous 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.
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Ambition Appearance Danger Government People Right
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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Government Ideas Law Power Punishment Word
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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Danger Power Safety
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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Powerful Victory
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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Oppression Power
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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Community Government Happiness Oppression Power
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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Government Justice Man Passion Reason
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Act Government People
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Best Hope People
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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Human Man Nature Power Willing
The masses are asses.
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People Savage
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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Change Necessary Possible Reason
Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Necessary Philosophy
When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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Fall Leadership

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