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Course Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness…
- Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.
- Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign…
- To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform…
- What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the…
- Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies…
- 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…
- It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and…
- The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the…
- For, when the credit of a country is in any degree questionable, it never fails to give on extravagant premium, in one shape or another,…
- The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,…
- In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
- A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as…
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