"These powers ought to exist without limitation, because……" — Alexander Hamilton
"These powers ought to exist without limitation, because it is impossible to foresee or to define the extent and variety of national exigencies, and the correspondent extent and variety of the means which may be necessary to satisfy them."
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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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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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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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