Circumstances Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.

— Thomas Paine

Power as is really divided, and as dangerously to all purposes, by sharing with another an Indirect Power, as a Direct one.

— Thomas Hobbes

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

— Thomas Paine

To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established…

— James Madison

Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.

— Charles Koch

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to…

— Harry Browne

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

— George Davis Herron

In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake of a…

— Henry Clay

Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by…

— Alexander Hamilton

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

— Tacitus

Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected power

— Anonymous

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous