The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has no place but in the reveries of those political doctors whose sagacity disdains the admonitions of experimental instruction.
Alexander HamiltonThe best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
Alexander HamiltonI propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.
Alexander Hamilton[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .
Alexander Hamilton