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