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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

Alexander Hamilton

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
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Danger Liberty Love Powerful Safety Time
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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Government Justice Man Passion Reason
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Angel Government Man Necessary
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Act Government People
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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Enemy Government Responsible
Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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Fear Hate Nation
Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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Oppression Power
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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Citizenship Peace People
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Best Hope People
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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Ambition Appearance Danger Government People Right
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Goodness Passion Revolution
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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Danger Power Safety
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.
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Choice Connection Goodness Happiness Public
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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Human Man Nature Power Willing
The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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Art Reading
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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Advice Body Independence Mindset Strong Weapon

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