Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.Alexander Hamilton
If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
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I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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... if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens little if at all inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow citizens.
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Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
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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.
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