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title: "Best Politics Sayings by Alexander Hamilton"
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> [It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-follow-that-that-government-ought-to-be-clothed-with-all/)

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> [I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-trust-that-the-proposed-constitution-afford-a-genuine-specimen-of/)

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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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the-laws-and-another-for-the/)

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> [The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-true-principle-of-a-republic-is-that-the-people-should-choose/)

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> [The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-state-governments-possess-inherent-advantages-which-will-ever/)

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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/)

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> [“Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/were-there-not-even-these-inducements-to-moderation-nothing-could-be/)

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> [This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/this-balance-between-the-national-and-state-governments-ought-to-be/)

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> [It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-has-been-observed-that-a-pure-democracy-if-it-were-practicable/)

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> [The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-idea-of-governing-at-all-times-by-the-simple-force-of-law-which/)

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> [It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-has-been-frequently-remarked-that-it-seems-to-have-been-reserved/)

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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/)

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> [Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/whoever-attentively-considers-the-different-departments-of-power-must/)

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> [The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-states-have-authority-to-interpret-the-constitution-enforce-it/)

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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/)

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> [“The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is in the principle of LEGISLATION for STATES or GOVERNMENTS,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-great-and-radical-vice-in-the-construction-of-the-existing/)

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

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> [In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/in-a-government-framed-for-durable-liberty-not-less-regard-must-be/)

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> [The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-truth-is-that-the-general-genius-of-a-government-is-all-that-can/)

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> [Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/constitutions-of-civil-government-are-not-to-be-framed-upon-a/)

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> [The increasing remoteness of consanguinity is everyday diminishing the force of the family compact between France and Spain. And politicians have ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-increasing-remoteness-of-consanguinity-is-everyday-diminishing/)

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> [That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/that-instability-is-inherent-in-the-nature-of-popular-governments-i/)

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> [And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/and-as-the-vicissitudes-of-nations-beget-a-perpetual-tendency-to-the/)

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> [There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-are-some-who-maintain-that-trade-will-regulate-itself-and-it-is/)

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> [The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-proposed-constitution-so-far-from-implying-an-abolition-of-the/)

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> [The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-president-and-government-will-only-control-the-militia-when-a/)

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> [I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-confess-i-am-at-a-loss-to-discover-what-temptation-the-persons/)

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> [It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-may-be-laid-down-as-a-general-rule-that-their-confidence-in-and/)

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> [All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/all-communities-divide-themselves-into-the-few-and-the-many-the-first-3/)

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> [The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-regular-distribution-of-power-into-distinct-departments-the/)

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> [Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/wise-politicians-will-be-cautious-about-fettering-the-government-with/)

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> [Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/allow-a-government-to-decline-paying-its-debts-and-you-overthrow-all/)

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> [The Convention probably foresaw what it has been a principal aim of these papers to inculcate that the danger which most threatens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-convention-probably-foresaw-what-it-has-been-a-principal-aim-of/)

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> [The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty. . . . a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-vigour-of-government-is-essential-to-the-security-of-liberty-a/)

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> [If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-circumstances-should-at-any-time-oblige-the-government-to-form-an/)

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## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [ \[W\]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/)

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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 laws be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-be-of-little-avail-to-the-people-that-the-laws-are-made-by/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the-laws-and-another-for-the/)

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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 his mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-thing-that-rarely-strikes-his/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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