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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
Alexander Hamilton
- Life
- 1757-1804
- Occupations
- economist, philosopher, military personnel
- Notable works
- Federalist Papers, First Report on the Public Credit, Report on a National Bank
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