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Good Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
- The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
- 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…
- 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…
- A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete…
- The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have…
- The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of…
- 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 local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one…
- As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to…
- If the maintenance of public credit, then, be truly important, the next enquiry which suggests itself is, by what means it is to be effected?…
- It is presumable that no country will be able to borrow of foreigners upon better terms than the United States, because none can, perhaps, afford…
- And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government a perpetual, anxious,…
- The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not…
- I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its…
- There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a…
- Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.
- An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will…
- It was remarked yesterday that a numerous representation was necessary to obtain the confidence of the people. This is not generally true. The confidence of…
- It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they…
- It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would…
- It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good.
- The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements…
- It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to the one purpose…
- Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle