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Quote by Alexander Hamilton
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. – Alexander Hamilton

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men 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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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. – Alexander Hamilton

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Men
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Alexander Hamilton
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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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Men
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I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldnt say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. – Todd Gitlin

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All people are born alike — except Republicans and Democrats. – Groucho Marx

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I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I dont get into it because I do comedy already. – Jerry Lewis

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I care about politics just like any other citizen. Im against the war in Iraq, or any type of war. – Enrique Iglesias

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Its tempting to say the Ph.D. didnt have an effect, but its not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way. – Robert B. Parker

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The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. – Austin OMalley

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