"When a government betrays the people by amassing……" — Alexander Hamilton
"When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government."
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352 Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton has 352 quotes on this site.
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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 Amassing Quotes
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Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take…
— Josiah Stamp
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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he…
— Dick Cheney
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Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside…
— Dennis Lehane
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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris
— Thucydides
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The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter which by certain signs,…
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by…
— Charles Lindbergh
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Like it or not - and often we don't - power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the…
— Tom Peters
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After years of amassing information about Unconventional Flying Objects (UFOs) I have come to the conclusion that we are dealing…
— Unknown Author
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I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the…
— John F. Kerry
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NDCC is an admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave…
— Dan Smoot
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Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting…
— Kaz Cooke
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