Quote by Alexander Hamilton
In the general course of human nature, A power over a mans subsist

In the general course of human nature, A power over a mans subsistence amounts to a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

Other quotes by Alexander Hamilton

In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (salary) is a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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power
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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. – Alexander Hamilton

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God
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There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple-leaves with an early moon. – Alice Meynell

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Nature

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. – William Bartram

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Nature

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. – John Muir

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Nature

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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One and God make a majority. – Frederick Douglass

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God

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. – George Eliot

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Truth

It is bad enough to see one’s own good things fathered on other people, but it is worse to have other people’s rubbish fathered upon oneself. – Samuel Butler

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Quotations

I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. – F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace

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Gardens