If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

Quote by George F Will

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Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed...

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed...

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the...

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the...