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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

Posted on October 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“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: It Is Not Easy To Be Wise For All Times. Not Even For the Present ; Much Less For the Future: and Those Who Judge the Past Must Recollect That When It Was Present, the Present Was Future

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not easy to be wise for all Times. Not even for the present; much less for the future: and those who judge of the past must recollect that when it was present, the present was future.” – Gouverneur … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace or War Will Not Always Be Left To Our Option

Posted on July 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“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: Let Us Recollect That Peace or War Will Not Always Be left To Our Option

Posted on July 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“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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