Best of wives and best of women.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONBest of wives and best of women.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONMen 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 HAMILTONMen are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONNobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIf 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 HAMILTONConstitutions 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 HAMILTONExperience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONSafety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe art of reading is to skip judiciously.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONGive all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe 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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON