"I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."
-Alexander Hamilton
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"Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."
-Alexander Hamilton
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"I think the first duty of society is justice."
-Alexander Hamilton
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"In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution."
-Alexander Hamilton
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"In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."
-Alexander Hamilton
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"The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other."
-H. Rap Brown
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"On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity."
-Mark Udall
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"The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something."
-Eric Sevareid
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"We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal."
-Richard Dreyfuss
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"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites third, give the Indian the ballot."
-George Crook
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"Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one."
-Gary Ackerman
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