It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
Interpretation
War typically leads to a stronger executive power while diminishing the power of the legislature.
This quote by Alexander Hamilton reflects the idea that during times of war, governments often consolidate power in the hands of the executive branch to enable swift decision-making and action. This centralization can result in a weakening of legislative authority, as the need for quick responses can overshadow the deliberative processes that typically characterize legislative decision-making.
In practice
In a political speech discussing the implications of military action.
When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing what they would with eagerness rush into if no such external impediments were to be feared.
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its rights and interests: and the latter facilitates and extends the operations of commerce among individuals. Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.
If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in theory it is to serve the public, in practice it will be very largely serving private interests. It comes to be regarded as a species of government favor and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it.
There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
The foremost or indeed sole condition required in order to succeed in centralizing the supreme power in a democratic community is to love equality or to get men to believe you love it. Thus, the science of despotism, which was once so complex, has been simplified and reduced, as it were, to a single principle.
U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.
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