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.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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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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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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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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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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The rights of neutrality will only be respected, when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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The 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.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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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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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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