American - Politician | January 11, 1755 - July 12, 1804
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
Alexander Hamilton
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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
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Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
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Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.
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