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First Principles: Give All the Power To the Many, They Will Oppress the Few. Give All the Power To the Few, They Will Oppress the Many
“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.” – Alexander Hamilton
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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, in Federalist No. 20 (1788)
First Principles: Energy In the Executive Is A Leading Character In the Definition of Good Government
“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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First Principles: The Citizens of America Have Too Much Discernment To Be Argued Into Anarchy
“The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. and I am much mistaken if experience has not wrought a deep and solemn conviction in the public mind that greater energy of government is essential to … Continue reading
First Principles: Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. … Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It When Acquired
“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)
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First Principles: State Governments Retain All Rights of Sovereignty Before Had and Not Exclusively Delegated To the United States
“But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to … Continue reading
First Principles: The Prosperity of Commerce Is Now Perceived and Acknowledged By All Enlightened Statemen As the Most Productive Source of National Wealth
“The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of its political cares.” – … Continue reading
First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties
“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. .” – Alexander Hamilton
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First Principles: Those Who Stand For Nothing Fall For Everything
“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.” – Alexander Hamilton
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