~ Alexander Hamilton Quotes ~

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Alexander Hamilton Quotes


The first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.

Here are some famous quotes by Alexander Hamilton.

Learn to think continentally.

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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

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Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

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

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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

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Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

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

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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one!

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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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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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It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rulers but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.

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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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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.