Alexander Hamilton Quotes & Sayings
37 most famous Alexander Hamilton quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American politician who passed away on July 12, 1804.
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.”
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
“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.”
“Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.”
“It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.”
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