I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.


The Official and Other Papers of the Late Major-General Alexander Hamilton (ed. 1842)

Alexander Hamilton Quotes

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.