Quotes by Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

American statesman

Lived from: 1757 - 1804

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 11 january 1757 Died: 12 july 1804

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  • A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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  • A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
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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.
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  • Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
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  • Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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  • I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
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  • I think the first duty of society is justice.
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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.
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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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  • In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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  • In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
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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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  • 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.
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  • It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
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  • Learn to think continentally.
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  • Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
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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.
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  • Power over a man's subsistence amounts to power over his will.
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  • Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
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  • Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
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