Quote by Alexander Hamilton
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and,

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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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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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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God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. – Richard Dawkins

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Most people wish to serve God — but only in an advisory capacity. – Author Unknown

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After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldnt, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was Gods Son. – Josh McDowell

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God gave me a great body and its my duty to take care of my physical temple. – Jean Claude Van Damme

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