Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Cold 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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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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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Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
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The constitution shall never be construed, to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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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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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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If 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.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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The very aim and intention of the democratical part, or the house of commons, is to secure the rights of the people. It’s very being depends upon those rights. Its whole power is derived from them, and must be terminated by them.
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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I always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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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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