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The Brilliance of Alexander Hamilton
The more things change the more human nature stays the same.
“When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits — despotic in his ordinary demeanour — known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty — when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity — to join in the cry of danger to liberty — to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion — to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day — It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may ‘ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.” — Alexander Hamilton in 1792
This could have been written in 2019. You should read it a few times more.
The reason the United States of American has “held together” for this many years is due to the brilliance of Alexander Hamilton et. al.
Many other countries have tried and failed to hold on to their democratic republic. Many have gone from a democracy to an authoritarian state with a dictatorial leader that has no fear of detaining and even killing their own citizens based on their loyalty.
No matter your political party allegiance you should pray or hope that the principles as envisioned by the Founding Fathers can hold. If these principles do not hold then everything we know in our free society will evaporate including Medium.com and all free speech.
Thank you Alexander, George, Patrick, Thomas, Ben, and the whole gang.
