Alexander Hamilton

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. ”

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. ”

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. ”

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent. ”

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ”

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. ”

To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection. ”

The honor of a nation is its life. ”

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources. ”

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ”