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Contrary Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human…
- The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain…
- There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is…
- There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such…
- [E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary…
More Contrary Quotes
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does… — Saint Basil