[OB1kNOb]

"...To avoid an arbitrary discretion in the courts, it is indispensable that they should be bound down by strict rules and precedents, which serve to define and point out their duty in every particular case that comes before them; and it will readily be conceived from the variety of controversies which grow out of the folly and wickedness of mankind..."

Alexander Hamilton sure knew what was coming. Oh to have leaders with such wisdom today.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Hamilton was second only to Washington in importance to the early Nation. His genius was staggering and he is one of the greatest men of history. Far too many believe the caricatures of his beliefs which have persisted to this day and which totally distort his life, a life devoted to the establishment of a free and powerful nation.