Wherever two or more persons are engaged in any common enterprise or pursuit, there is… — Alexander Hamilton
Wherever two or more persons are engaged in any common enterprise or pursuit, there is always danger of difference of opinion. If it be a public trust or office, in which they are clothed with equal dignity and authority, there is peculiar danger of personal emulation and even animosity.
Federalist 70 · 1788
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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 70: Energy in the executive. First ingredient: Unity.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.
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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 70: The Executive Department Further Considered." New York Packet, 18 Mar. 1788.
