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Powers Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never…
- The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.
- These powers ought to exist without limitation, because it is impossible to foresee or to define the extent and variety of national exigencies, and the…
- The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature, all…
- 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 true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts; and…
- It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.
- A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any…
- If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it…
- I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only…
- If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them…
- [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…
- In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the…
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- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels… — Jane Austen
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila
- To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love,… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
- There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all… — Abu Bakar Bashir
- The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt
- I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do… — Halle Berry
- As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules… — Annie Besant
- The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless… — Conrad Black
- The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which… — Tony Blair