What does Hamilton mean in this quote ?
" All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well born; the other, the mass of the people. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct and permanent share in the government.
Our great error is that we suppose mankind more than they are. Our prevailing passions are ambition and interest; it will be the duty of a wise government to control these passions in order to make them subservient to the public good."