Alexander Hamilton Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton Famous Quotes & Sayings
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In proportion as I discover the worthlessness of other pursuits, the value of my Eliza and of domestic happiness rises in my estimation.
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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.
That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.
If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.
I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.
Americans rouse - be unanimous, be virtuous, be firm, exert your courage, trust in Heaven, and nobly defy the enemies both of God and man!
Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their official existence.
A habit of labor in the people is as essential to the health and rigor of their minds and bodies as it is conducive to the welfare of the state.
In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.
The pains taken to preserve peace include a proportional responsibility that equal pains be taken to be prepared for war.
The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
It has been observed, [that for the federal government] to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised.
How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? ... Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists.
An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth.
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Let experience, the least fallible guide of human opinion, be appealed to for an answer to these inquiries.
Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.
We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.
These are not vague inferences ... but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs.
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.
The honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.
All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are the rich and well-born, the other the mass of the people
If the sword of oppression be permitted to lop off one limb without opposition, reiterated strokes will soon dismember the whole body.
The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States.
I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.
The powers contained in a constitution ... ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.
Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.
The constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself?
Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign Articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices.
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.
That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.
Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.
Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
The superiority ... enjoyed by nations that have ... perfected a branch of industry, constitutes a ... formidable obstacle.
The multitude ... have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them ... It is not safe to trust to the virtue of any people.
War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.
The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land.
Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.