Alexander Hamilton — "I’d rather be a dictator than see the Union fail."

"I consider the present crisis as an occasion for the friends of the Government to rouse and exert themselves."

"Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments."

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature."

"The best way to preserve the peace is to be prepared for war."

"The true principle of a Republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is the only principle by which a free government can be maintained."