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)

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

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