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Quote by Alexander Hamilton
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expens

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. – Alexander Hamilton

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Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns. – Walter Bagehot

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Im the only president youve got. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. – Sir Winston Churchill

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