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Alexander Hamilton
American
Politician
About the author
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Liberty
#Nature
#Human nature
#Enthusiasm
#Bravery
#Heroism
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Man
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,
American
Politician
#May
#Men
#Planning
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Sensibility
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Age
#Trust
#Body
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,
American
Politician
#First
#Government
#Men
#Difficulty
#Control
#Lies
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,
American
Politician
#Right
#God
#People
#Fact
#Voice
#Maxim
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Nothing
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Men
#Moderation
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,
American
Politician
#Will
#Reason
#Man
#Government
#Justice
Learn to think continentally.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
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,
American
Politician
#Old
#Nature
#Human nature
#Rights
#Mankind
#Divinity
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Government
#Neutrality
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Will
#Power
#Nature
#Human nature
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Government
#Desire
#Tyranny
A promise must never be broken.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Promise
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,
American
Politician
#Reason
#Change
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Will
#Debt
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#People
#Act
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Work
#Man
I think the first duty of society is justice.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#First
#Society
#Justice
#Duty
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,
American
Politician
#Religion
#Politics
#Fire
#Persecution
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Support
#Will
#Man
#Power
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,
American
Politician
#Will
#Progress
#Nation
#Existence
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,
American
Politician
#Support
#Country
#Labor
#Advertising
#Reward
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Mistake
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Will
#Man
#Power
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Alexander Hamilton,
American
Politician
#Nothing
#Firmness