Alexander Hamilton: “Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will…”

The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

A nation without a national government is, in my view, an awful spectacle.

A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care.

A well-adjusted government should be a firm guardian of the nation’s property and interests, while allowing for the freedom of the individual.