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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not Always Be Left To Our Option.. However Moderate or Unambitious We May Be
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of a Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton
First Principles: To Model Our Political Systems Upon Speculations of Lasting Tranquility Would Be To Calculate On the Weaker Springs of Human Character
“To model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human character.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
First Principles: In Disquisitions of Every Kind There are Certain Primary Truths, Or First Principles, Upon Which All Subsequent Reasoning Must Depend
“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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First Principles: The Confidence of the People Will Easily Be Gained By A Good Administration. This Is the True Touchstone.
“The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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First Principles: This Process of Election Affords A Moral Certainty That the Office of President Will Seldom Fall To the Lot of Any Man Who Is Not In Eminent Degree Endowed With the Requisite Qualifications
“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. … Continue reading
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