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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

Other quotes by Alexander Hamilton

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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Government
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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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I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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The morality of compromise sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men dont compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. – Andrew Carnegie

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Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face. – Ronald Reagan

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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy. – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Here in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental space and which has its own special columns in the newspapers – Jean Baudrillard

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We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. Its not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers. – Donna Shalala

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Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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