Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONCold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.
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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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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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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.
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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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All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people.
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Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by considerations not connected with the public good. But this is a thing more ardently to be wished than seriously to be expected.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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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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A 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.
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