Founder's Quote - Hamilton on Weak Character's Danger

Patriot Post ^ | 1788 | Alexander Hamilton

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"To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude that the fiery and destructive passions of war reign in the human breast with much more powerful sway than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace; and that to model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human character."

-- Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 34, 4 January 1788)

“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.”

-- Thomas Jefferson

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The Founding Fathers recognized the passions of the human mind that will result in evils to feed the pride and greed of certain characters.

What will bring more power to an evil party? Simply put, the defeat of their competition, no matter what the price.

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But we’ve done just that unfortunately.

How about when Truman turned the Eagles head away from arrows to the olive branch on the Presidential seal?

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Founder's Quote - Hamilton on Weak Character's Danger

That's something that Hamilton could speak about from personal experience.

And I respect him for his honesty and other amazing accomplishments.