People Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
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A law that no one can read feels useless, and the quote warns that too many rules block the people’s voice. It also says the crowd wants prosperity and that natural rights come from a generous creator, not from a distant deity. The people’s voice is not automatically divine.
![“It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and extent of the powers as they are delineated in the constitution. Everything beyond this, must be left to the prudence and firmness of the people; who, as they…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/alexander-hamilton-619_attention_it-is-by-far-the-safer-course-to-lay-con_1083363.jpg)
![“[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/alexander-hamilton-619_acting_e-very-act-of-a-delegated-authority-cont_1212377.jpg)
![“[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-uni_2278986.jpg)
![“[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/alexander-hamilton-619_court_t-hough-individual-oppression-may-now-an_592732.jpg)
