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> [Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/effective-resistance-to-usurpers-is-possible-only-provided-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/in-all-very-numerous-assemblies-of-whatever-character-composed/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/that-standing-army-can-never-be-formidable-threatening-to-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [ \[W\]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-union-to-the-persons-of-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/what-bitter-anguish-would-not-the-people-of-athens-have-often-escaped/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-citizens-of-america-have-too-much-discernment-to-be-argued-into/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-be-of-little-avail-to-the-people-that-the-laws-are-made-by/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-safety-of-a-republic-depends-essentially-on-the-energy-of-a/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-thing-that-rarely-strikes-his/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-share-in-the-sovereignty-of-the-state-which-is-exercised-by-the-2/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-spirit-of-enterprise-which-characterizes-the-commercial-part-of/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/in-so-strong-a-light-nevertheless-do-they-appear-to-the-secretary/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-administration-of-private-justice-between-the-citizens-of-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-is-no-part-of-the-administration-of-government-that-requires/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-duties-are-too-high-they-lessen-the-consumption-the-collection-is/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [Would they not fear that citizens not less tenacious than conscious of their rights would flock from the remotest extremes of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/would-they-not-fear-that-citizens-not-less-tenacious-than-conscious/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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## Other authors on Citizens

## More by Alexander Hamilton

> [“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-am-apprehensive-sir-that-in-the-warmth-of-my-feelings-i-may-have/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-truth-unquestionably-is-that-the-only-path-to-a-subversion-of-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [ \[W\]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/w-ar-is-a-question-under-our-constitution-not-of-executive-but-of/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-be-of-little-avail-to-the-people-that-the-laws-are-made-by/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/though-a-wide-ocean-separates-the-united-states-from-europe-yet-there/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-an-unquestionable-truth-that-the-body-of-the-people-in-every/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-are-still-to-be-found-visionary-or-designing-men-who-stand/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [ It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another \[for the Executive\] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the-laws-and-another-for-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-thing-that-rarely-strikes-his/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/money-is-with-propriety-considered-as-the-vital-principle-of-the-body/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-nation-which-can-prefer-disgrace-to-danger-is-prepared-for-a/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence, it answers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-in-countries-in-which-the-national-debt/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-government-the-constitution-of-which-renders-it-unfit-to-be-trusted/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-liberty-of-the-press-consists-in-the-right-to-publish-with/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

> [You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/you-should-not-have-taken-advantage-of-my-sensibility-to-steal-into/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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