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À propos of Charles Fried's post invoking Cicero on Cataline, I couldn't assist merely cry back over again what Alexander Hamilton wrote close Aaron Burr inward his efforts inward 1800-1801 to persuade his beau Federalists serving inward the House to really vote for Hamilton's lifelong nemesis, Thomas Jefferson, for President.  (I wrote to a greater extent than close this fascinating floor here .)  Notwithstanding his profound disagreements amongst Jefferson on virtually everything, Hamilton insisted that it wasn’t fifty-fifty a unopen call—that Burr would live far to a greater extent than unsafe to the Nation, for reasons that should audio painfully familiar.  Here's around of what Hamilton wrote close Burr inward his letters to his beau Federalists.  Uncanny, isn't it?: ￭ “[T]there is zilch inward his favour.  His private grapheme is non defended yesteryear his most partial friends. He is bankrupt beyond redemption except yesteryear the plunder of his country.