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Quote DB :: Authors :: Alexander Hamilton :: View Quote View Quote "Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Alexander Hamilton Listed in: Government Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.33  Rate Quote 9 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Alexander Hamilton "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." "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one!" "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." "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." Top 5 quotes from Government "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." "There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." "Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

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