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Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchynot that this is the intention of the generality of them. Yet it would not be difficult to lay the finger upon some of their party who may justly be suspected. When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habitsdespotic in his ordinary demeanourknown to have scoffed in private at the principles of libertywhen such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularityto join in the cry of danger to libertyto take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicionto flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the dayIt 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
sop
(10,190 posts)FOX News will tell MAGA imbeciles Lin-Manuel Miranda said it, and he was talking about Hillary.
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)The fact that his quote is relevant in our times is more a reflection on our ignorance of that history than of his prescience.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)ewagner
(18,964 posts)And yes, it is terrifyingly relevant to our situation today.
Well played Kentuck!
Right on the money!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)it's almost like that it went unheeded.
plimsoll
(1,670 posts)In the "Federalist" Society always seem to quote the anti-federalists, and quote mine Hamilton to misinterpret.