Quotes that were true when said then and still hold true today

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
-- Alexander Hamilton

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself."
-- Alexander Hamilton

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint."
-- Alexander Hamilton

"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one!"
-- Alexander Hamilton

"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."
-- Alexander Hamilton

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."
-- Alexander Hamilton
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Exaggeration follows desperation." -
-- Chris Bowyer
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"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it."
-- Edgar Watson Howe
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"Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
-- George Santayana

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-- George Santayana