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 HAMILTONBest of wives and best of women.
More Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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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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Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.
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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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Have we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption from the imperfections, weaknesses and evils incident to society in every shape?
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I always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
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If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
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The honor of a nation is its life.
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When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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