Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which make…

Alexander Hamilton
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Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself? ✨ Alexander Hamilton, Morton J. Frisch (1985). Selected writings and speeches of Alexander Hamilton, Aei Pr
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