Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights, consecrate their Union, and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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The masses are asses.
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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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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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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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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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The kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights, consecrate their Union, and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
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The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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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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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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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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