What Alexander Hamilton thinks about government
American statesman (1755 or 1757 to 1804); first US Secretary of the Treasury and principal author of The Federalist.
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4 dated positions, 1787 to 1788, in their own words. Our reading of what Alexander Hamilton has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsWhoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them.
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Their wordsEnergy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.
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Our readingGovernment exists because people's passions will not follow reason and justice without constraint
Their wordsWhy has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
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Their wordsOn the other hand, it will be equally forgotten that the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the contemplation of a sound and well-informed judgment, their interest can never be separated; and that a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
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