Alexander Hamilton Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Alexander Hamilton:
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
~Alexander Hamilton
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
~Alexander Hamilton
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Learn to think continentally.
~Alexander Hamilton
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The honor of a nation is its life.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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A promise must never be broken.
~Alexander Hamilton
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
~Alexander Hamilton
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
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Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
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I think the first duty of society is justice.
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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
~Alexander Hamilton
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
~Alexander Hamilton
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It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.
~Alexander Hamilton
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In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
~Alexander Hamilton
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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
~Alexander Hamilton
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
~Alexander Hamilton
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The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.
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