"Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures correspond…"

"I affect not reserves, which I do not feel."

"Nothing is more certain then the indispensable necessity of government; and it is equally undeniable, that whenever a…"

"But the safety of the people of America against dangers from foreign force, depends not only on their forbearing to g…"

"We may profit by their experience, without paying the price which it cost them."

"Has commerce hitherto done anything more than change the objects of war? Is not the love of wealth as domineering and…"

"There is, perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations, than there being bound to natural cont…"

"Plunder and devastation ever march in the train of irregulars."

"The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement."

"The pride of states as well as men, naturally disposes them to justify all their actions, and opposes their acknowled…"