To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be
compelled to conclude that the fiery and destructive passions of war reign in
the human breast with much more powerful sway than the mild and beneficent
sentiments of peace; and that to model our political systems upon speculations
of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human
character."
--Alexander
Hamilton, Federalist No. 34, 1788
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