"I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."
-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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"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."
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