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)
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
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A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.
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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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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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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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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
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A strong body makes the mind strong, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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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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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
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Nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
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