In tribute to the final days of the 2010 legislative session, I bring you insight from a previous century. Along with James Madison and John Jay, Alexander Hamilton authored The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), a series of 85 political essays that illustrated the problems of this new government being crafted. In one essay, Hamilton posed and answered the following question: Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

A brilliant man, Hamilton’s life began and ended in notoriety. He was born in 1757 on the West Indies Island of Nevis, the illegitimate son of a Scottish merchant, and died in 1804 following a duel with Aaron Burr.

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