Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant.
Alexander HamiltonThe people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.
Alexander HamiltonIt is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
Alexander HamiltonAllow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits of free constitutions. Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the present debt and to avoid as much as possibly the incurring of any new debt.
Alexander Hamilton