So numerous indeed and so powerful are the causes which serve to give a false bias to the judgment, that we, upon many occasions, see wise and good men
on the wrong as well as on the right side of questions of the first magnitude to society. This circumstance, if duly attended to, would furnish a lesson of
moderation to those who are ever so much persuaded of their being in the right in any controversy. And a further reason for caution, in this respect, might be
drawn from the reflection that we are not always sure that those who advocate the truth are influenced by purer principles than their antagonists. Ambition,
avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well upon those who support as those
who oppose the right side of a question. Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more il-judged than that intolerant spirit which
has, at all times, characterized political parties.
What does Hamilton provide as a point for further caution?
O Some people may be on the side of wrong for the right reasons.
O Some people may be on the side of right for the wrong reasons.
O Some people may abstain from voting for a number of reasons.
O Some people may choose to vote for a number of strange reasons.
