The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONHard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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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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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair. (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)
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An enlightened zeal for the energy and efficiency of government will be stigmatized, as the offspring of a temper fond of despotic power, and hostile to the principles of liberty.
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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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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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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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The honor of a nation is its life.
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