If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution- it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.

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Constitutional theory

Author

Alexander Hamilton

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Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Occupation

Founding Father Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank. 23 Feb. 1791.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National, February 23, 1791." Alexander Hamilton: Writings, edited by Joanne B. Freeman. Library of America, 2001.

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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

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Time
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Era
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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 1: General Introduction." Independent Journal, 27 Oct. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. I: Deliberation on a new constitution--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field.

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Political literature
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Language
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Time
1790 1790s 18th century
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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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