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«The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.»
«Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
(Lawyer, Secretary, Soldier, Statesman, Thinker)
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immediate, representatives
«Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.»
«Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.»
«Learn to think continentally.»
«If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens little if at all inferior to them in discipline and»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
(Lawyer, Secretary, Soldier, Statesman, Thinker)
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Government
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Army of, Body of, formidable, inferior, liberties, oblige
«The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
(Lawyer, Secretary, Soldier, Statesman, Thinker)
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annually, assembly, class A, democratic government, distinct, public good, revolve, steadily, turbulent
«Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing»
«In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
(Lawyer, Secretary, Soldier, Statesman, Thinker)
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equal to, Every Little Thing, necessities, usual
«In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.»
Author: Alexander Hamilton
(Lawyer, Secretary, Soldier, Statesman, Thinker)
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Power
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amounts, subsistence
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