It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. – Alexander Hamilton
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
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. – Alexander Hamilton
In the general course of human nature, A power over a mans subsistence amounts to a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton
The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so conspicuous an appearance before the world, he is content to eat dust before the real masters who stand erect behind the throne. – Ralph Waldo Emerson