Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.
Interpretation
Common interests create strong connections between people.
This quote by Alexander Hamilton highlights the importance of shared interests in fostering empathy and connection among individuals. When people find common ground, it strengthens their relationships and creates bonds of understanding and support.
In practice
In a team-building workshop, this quote can inspire participants to find shared passions.
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.
Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.
These are my words; this is their world, a world in which we can wear our gender on our sleeves, unabashedly, as we go about the business of thinking out loud.
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same lot who philander during the winter - albeit with less convenience.
Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.
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