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A command with no penalty for disobedience is only advice, not law
Drawn from what Alexander Hamilton said
What Alexander Hamilton actually said
- Alexander Hamilton American statesman (1755 or 1757 to 1804)
If there be no penalty annexed to disobedience, the resolutions or commands which pretend to be laws will, in fact, amount to nothing more than advice or recommendation.
Where this was said
↗The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)gutenberg.org
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