"The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!"
by:
Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury
Source:
Tully, No. 3, August 28, 1794
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