Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed?
Alexander HamiltonI have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.
Alexander HamiltonIf the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.
Alexander HamiltonWere not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable from it. I might show that it is fatal to religion and morality; that it tends to debase the mind, and corrupt its noblest springs of action. I might show that it relaxes the sinews of industry, clips the wings of commerce, and introduces misery and indigence in every shape.
Alexander Hamilton