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Truth Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our…
- I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give…
- That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of…
- It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of proofs, how apt…
- ... for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger when the means…
- 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…
- The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A…
- 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…
- Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
- Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his…
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