Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men. — 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
The natural effect of low interest is to increase trade and industry; because undertakings of every kind can be prosecuted with greater… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. It is not a thing, in its… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator… — 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
To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure, that it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The possibility of a question of this nature, proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our National Government deeper than in… — 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… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
As you sometimes swear by him that made you, I conclude your sentiments do not correspond with his, in that which is… — 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
That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — 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
![“[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that, and cannot be wrested from any people without the most manifest violation of justice.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/841/alexander-hamilton-619_civil-liberties_if-you-understood-the-natural-rights-of_545533.jpg)
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![“It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports with, the last violates, the fundamental principles of good government; and, whatever may be the forms of the Constitution, unites all power in the same hands.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be4/alexander-hamilton-619_body_it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the_129196.jpg)
