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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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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.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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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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The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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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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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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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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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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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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