Alexander Hamilton Quotes

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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Alexander Hamilton

Person, Same, Makes

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton

Politics, Nothing, Stand

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
Alexander Hamilton

Government, Desire, Tyranny

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

Men, May, Often

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.
Alexander Hamilton

God, Judge, True

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Alexander Hamilton

Blessing, Debt, National

A promise must never be broken.
Alexander Hamilton

Broken, Promise

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
Alexander Hamilton

Government, Justice, Why

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.
Alexander Hamilton

Nature, Human, Old

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Alexander Hamilton

Nature, Human, Liberty

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

Change, Cannot, Reason

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
Alexander Hamilton

Work, Perfect, Expect

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton

Power, Support, Found

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Alexander Hamilton

Men, Once, Moderation

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
Alexander Hamilton

Taken, Advantage, Steal

Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton

I think the first duty of society is justice.
Alexander Hamilton

Society, Justice, Duty

In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton

Nature, Power, Human

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.
Alexander Hamilton

Religion, Politics, Fire

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Alexander Hamilton

Good, Nothing, Real

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
Alexander Hamilton

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.
Alexander Hamilton

Nation, Progress, Found

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Alexander Hamilton

Government, Strong, Observe

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

Country, Support, Less

Learn to think continentally.
Alexander Hamilton

Education, Learn

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: January 11, 1755

Died: July 12, 1804

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