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War Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot…
- The laws of certain states . . . give an ownership in the service of Negroes as personal property . . . . But being…
- The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subject to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken their sense of…
- Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the…
- Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself?
- There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered…
- War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.
- Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a…
- The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican…
- It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
- The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of…
- If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.
- There can be no profit in the making or selling of things to be destroyed in war. Men may think that they have such profit,…
- The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same…
- 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…
- [W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of…
- Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to…
- To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude, that the fiery and destructive passions of war, reign in the human…
More War Quotes
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov