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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Alexander Hamilton

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Best Hope People
Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Fear Hate Nation
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
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Danger Power Safety
Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.
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Animal Man Reason
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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Act Brave Fun Liberty Nature Rise
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Enemy Government Responsible
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Blessing Money Nation
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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Government Justice Man Passion Reason
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Goodness Passion Revolution
For 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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Equality Mad Politics Religion Weapon
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Act Government People
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.
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Choice Connection Goodness Happiness Public
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 HAMILTON

Design Loyalty Man People
Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Authority Nature War
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Powerful Victory
The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Art Reading

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

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