If the impulse and the opportunity be suffered to coincide, we well know that neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate con… - Alexander Hamilton

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If the impulse and the opportunity be suffered to coincide, we well know that neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control. They are not found to be such on the injustice and violence of individuals, and lose their efficacy in proportion to the number combined together, that is, in proportion as their efficacy becomes needful.