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I think the first duty of society is justice. - Alexander Hamilton

I think the first duty of society is justice. – Alexander Hamilton

Other quotes by Alexander Hamilton

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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Nature
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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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God
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Alexander Hamilton
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Society

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Society

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. – Luc de Clapiers

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Society

Drama lives on conflict. If youre trying to deal with social issues seriously, theres no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. – Michael Haneke

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