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Quote from Alexander Hamilton,


"Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience."


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Alexander Hamilton (more quotes by Alexander Hamilton or books by/about Alexander Hamilton)


(1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury

Source:

Federalist No. 15, 1787

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