Quote by Alexander Hamilton
Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. - Alexand

Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. – Alexander Hamilton

Other quotes by Alexander Hamilton

In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (salary) is a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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power
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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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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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Other Quotes from
Humankind
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. – Yugoslav Proverb

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Humankind

The next evolutionary step for humankind is to move from human to kind. – Author Unknown

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Humankind

Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Humankind

Evolution: one small step for man, one giant leap backward for mankind. – Terri Guillemets

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Humankind

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We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health. – M. Scott Peck

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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward

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Morning

I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating. – D.H. Lawrence

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The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water is indescribable in its evocations of innocence and delight. – M. F. K. Fisher

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