[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A LAW, by the very meaning of the term, includes supremacy. It is a rule which those to whom it is prescribed… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic?… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the… — 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.… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Upon this law, depend the natural rights of mankind, the supreme being gave existence to man, together with the means of preserving… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and preemptory spirit of excise laws. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Man is either governed by his own laws - freedom - or the laws of another - slavery. Are you willing to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The law... dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The laws of certain states . . . give an ownership in the service of Negroes as personal property . . .… — 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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