Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
Alexander HamiltonThe militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
Alexander Hamilton...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in the use of arms.
Alexander HamiltonThe honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.
Alexander Hamilton