Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
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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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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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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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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Men 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.
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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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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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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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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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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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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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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.
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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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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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Best of wives and best of women.
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