The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition to tyranny and oppression, very naturally leads them to a contempt and disregard of all authority. -Alexander Hamilton

 

The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition to tyranny and oppression, very naturally leads them to a contempt and disregard of all authority.


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This quote is just one of 19 total Alexander Hamilton quotes in our collection. Alexander Hamilton is known for saying 'The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition to tyranny and oppression, very naturally leads them to a contempt and disregard of all authority.' as well as some of the following quotes.

I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

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Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

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