Quote by Alexander Hamilton
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. – Alexander Hamilton

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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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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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Change
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The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right and, again, making all crime mean and ugly. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. – H. Allen Smith

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You know, the interesting thing about having traveled around the country as much as I have, and I think its sort of inadvertently what made me come out or at least begin doing things within the community and thinking more about that, was that I get to travel quite a bit. – Lesley Gore

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