There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Has it been found that bodies of men act with more rectitude or greater disinterestedness than individuals? The contrary of this has… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are men who could neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of their duty; but this stern virtue is the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[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… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind.… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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