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" Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives. "
Alexander Hamilton
Act
Here
People
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" I think the first duty of society is justice. "
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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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" Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. "
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" I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man. "
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" The honor of a nation is its life. "
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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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Nature
" The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. "
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" 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. "
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Men
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" Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government. "
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" 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 dislike. "
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" Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will. "
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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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Men
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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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" 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 its dictates. "
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