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Been Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than…
- In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men…
- It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still…
- It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is…
- The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.
- 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,…
- It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness…
- The Convention probably foresaw what it has been a principal aim of these papers to inculcate that the danger which most threatens our political welfare…
- If mankind were to resolve to agree in no institution of government, until every part of it had been adjusted to the most exact standard…
- The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican…
- To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
- The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of…
- Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his…
- Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom…
- Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
- The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it…
- It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example,…
- For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by…
- Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
- It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide…
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