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Present Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- [T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes - rejecting…
- There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made…
- There was a time when we were told . . . that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective…
- Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions.…
- In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture, materially depend, in…
- The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.
- When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom…
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- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida