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I think the first duty of society is justice.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about justice, duty, society

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 to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, difficulties, man, contentment

In the general course of human nature. A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about power, nature, human imperfections, man

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.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about politics, progress, existence, nation, things

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...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about advertising, reward, country

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement

Learn to think continentally.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about opinion

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, man

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.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, man, things

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, body, age, olderness

Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about power, man

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about attitude, good, good luck, real estate, nothing

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, judges, people, public, rightness, good, good luck

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.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, voice, judges, rightness, god

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about liberty, heroism, enthusiasm, nature, human imperfections

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about attitude, fall, nothing

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

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, man

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

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, justice, reason, man

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

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about opinion, sensibility, contentment

In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind in the markets of other nations.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about politics, nation, salary, war, state, world