"To answer the purpose of the adversaries of……" — Alexander Hamilton
"To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the best, which might have been imagined; but that the plan upon the whole is bad and pernicious."
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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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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
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I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.
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In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.
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I think we have no apologies to make. We were in a state of global rivalry with a global adversary.
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a…
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Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive…
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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling…
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With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots,…
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The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls…
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Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international…
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