Alexander Hamilton Quotes

Alexander Hamilton Quotes
   

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

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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

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A promise must never be broken.

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There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

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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.

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I think the first duty of society is justice.

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Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.

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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

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Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

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The 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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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.

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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.

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

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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

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

Alexander Hamilton