All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people... turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the Government... Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.


The Works of Alexander Hamilton (ed. 1903)

Alexander Hamilton Quotes

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people... turbulent...

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people... turbulent...

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people... turbulent...

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people... turbulent...