Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of a probability at least, of their feeling a real interest in our affairs. β¨ Alexander Hamilton (1851). The works of Alexander Hamilton: containing his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military, p.776
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