A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThere is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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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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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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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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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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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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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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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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