Essay · Political literatureWhy has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.Alexander HamiltonFederalist 15 · 1787★ 7.1
Essay · Political literatureIt seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.Alexander HamiltonFederalist 1 · 1787★ 7.0
Essay · Political literatureThe fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.Alexander HamiltonFederalist 22 · 1787★ 7.0
Essay · Political literatureOf those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.Alexander HamiltonFederalist 1 · 1787★ 7.0
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