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"As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as the connection exists between his reason and his self-love, his opinions and his passions will have a reciprocal influence on each other..." -Madison (10)

"The airy phantoms that flit before the distempered imaginations..." -Hamilton (8)

"The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to dest their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free." -Alexander Hamilton (8)

"For... It is as true as it is trite, that there is nothing men differ so readily about as the payment of money." -Alexander Hamilton (7)

"History will teach us that... 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 as demagogues and ending tyrants." -Alexander Hamilton (1)

"...the honest errors of minds led astray by preconceived jealousies and fears." -Alexander Hamilton (1) And yes, I'm reading the papers in Lin-Manuel Miranda's voice.