More from Alexander Hamilton

  1. Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until …
  2. Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind. I study it profoundly. Day and night it i…
  3. It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government,
  4. Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they disl…
  5. It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be…
  6. Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
  7. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government…
  8. Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chast…

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