"As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. This is the real disposition of human nature; it is what neither the honorable member nor myself can correct. It is a common misfortunate that awaits our State constitution, as well as all others." --Alexander Hamilton, speech to the New York Ratifying Convention, 1788 You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post, the conservative journal of record. To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily and The Patriot Post, link to |
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