A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Alexander Hamilton
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Alexander Hamilton
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
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Alexander Hamilton
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
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton
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
Learn to think continentally.
Alexander Hamilton
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Alexander Hamilton
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
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Alexander Hamilton
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Alexander Hamilton
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.
Alexander Hamilton
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?
Alexander Hamilton
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
Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and haulers of water.
Alexander Hamilton
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton
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Type:
Politician
Date of Birth:
1757-01-11
Year of Death:
1804
Nationality:
American |
