If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONIf men were angels, no government would be necessary.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONI have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONTo all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONCaution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONOf those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONI never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONUnless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONMen often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONWhy has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThere is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONNature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON