"Power over a man's subsistence is power over…" — Alexander Hamilton

"Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will."

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352 Quotes by Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton has 352 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to…
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious…
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error…
Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion…
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious…
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge…

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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short… — Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle

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