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To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.

Alexander Hamilton
Men, Ambitious, Would Be
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2004). “The Federalist Papers”, p.30, Simon and Schuster
To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.