Quote by Alexander Hamilton
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. – Alexander Hamilton

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does. – Mary S. Almanac

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Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria. – William Hague

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Change of weather is the discourse of fools. – Thomas Fuller

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I dont care what other people think as long as I am happy. The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I dont have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver. – Sebastian Vettel

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Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising. – Plautus

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