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Alexander Hamilton on Government

1750–1804 United States

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The system … is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

The Federalist Papers (1787)

Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

To produce the desirable changes, as early as may be expedient, may therefore require the incitement and patronage of government.

Report on Manufactures (1791)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alexander Hamilton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.