Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.
Alexander HamiltonThe awful discretion, which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the trust to a small number of persons.
Alexander HamiltonThe treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land.
Alexander HamiltonThe Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not at all probable that this unbridled spirit would pay much respect to those regulations of trade by which particular States might endeavor to secure exclusive benefits to their own citizens.
Alexander Hamilton