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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.

Alexander Hamilton

Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Equality Freedom Slave
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Age Body Expectation Trust
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Democracy Government Liberty Reality
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Government Justice Man Passion Reason
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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Ambition Hope Peace War
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
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Control Difficult Government Man
I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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Expectation Imperfection Man Myself Perfection
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.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Control Different Force
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Powerful Victory
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
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Mistake Person
The kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens, the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights, consecrate their Union, and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
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Citizenship Enemy Excitement Right
The masses are asses.
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People Savage
I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Myself Responsibility
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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Hate Man Planning
The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
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Art Reading

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