"The idea of governing at all times by……" — Alexander Hamilton
"The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has no place but in the reveries of those political doctors whose sagacity disdains the admonitions of experimental instruction."
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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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Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are…
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All the truths of mathematics are linked to each other, and all means of discovering them are equally admissible.
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I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on…
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If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for…
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I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should…
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Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the free will to select his course.
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Democracy is the worst form of government. It is the most inefficient, the most clumsy, the most unpractical.... It reduces…
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Education is a danger... At best an education which produces useful coolies for us is admissible. Every educated person is…
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As records of courts and justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed…
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One can only imagine how effective justice might be if admissible in a court of law.
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You will be favorable to Burr, and so must fail, because the American reader cannot bear a surprise. He knows…
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To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of…
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