Alexander Hamilton Quotes

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


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


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


Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
~ Alexander Hamilton


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


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


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


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


A promise must never be broken.
~ Alexander Hamilton


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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