Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!” ~ Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the TreasurySource: Tully, No. 3, August 28, 1794