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"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one!" -
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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."
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"Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."
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"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
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