I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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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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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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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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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
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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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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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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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The government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions – a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism- the last, of liberty.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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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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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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