Authority Quote by Alexander Hamilton

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most…

— James Madison

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.

— Alexander Hamilton

“We must distinguish between military and political power. Political power is a psychological relation between those who exercise it and those over whom it…

— Hans J. Morgenthau

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

— Ernest Hemingway

In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all…

— James Madison

The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most…

— Richard M. Nixon

Embarking upon war is always dangerous for national leaders because it makes them more than ever at the mercy of events. When domestic opinion…

— Linda Colley

This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same…

— Alexander Hamilton

When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer to the…

— Anonymous

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political…

— James F. Cooper

War determines not who is right but who is left.

— Sidney Greenberg

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every…

— James Madison