The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has no place but in the reveries of those political doctors whose sagacity disdains the admonitions of experimental instruction.


The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Comprising His Most Important Official Reports (ed. 1810)

Alexander Hamilton Quotes

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has ...

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has ...

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has ...

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has ...