"It is a singular capriciousness of the human……" — Alexander Hamilton
"It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still be found men, who object to the new constitution for deviating from a principle which has been found the bane of the old."
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352 Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to…
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious…
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A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
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...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
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There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error…
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Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion…
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious…
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The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge…
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More Admonition Quotes
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
— Francis Bacon
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He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too,…
— Tertullian
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...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship.…
— George W. Bush
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Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties.…
— Charles Spurgeon
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That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily…
— Adolf Hitler
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The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible…
— Diogenes
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A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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This whole process of education is to be religious, and not only religious, but Christian. And as Christianity is the…
— Charles Hodge
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Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public,…
— Milton Glaser
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If such love obtained in the world today as the Lord intended that it should, love of God and love…
— George F. Richards
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So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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