Alexander Hamilton Quotes are available here. Who is Alexander Hamilton? He was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. Born in January 11, 1755, at Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Died in July 12, 1804, at Greenwich Village, New York, United States
Top 12 Most Famous Alexander Hamilton Quotes
I may not live to see our glory. But I will gladly join the fight. And when our children tell our story, they’ll tell the story of tonight.
— Alexander Hamilton
Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.
— Alexander Hamilton
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me.
— Alexander Hamilton
Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.
— Alexander Hamilton
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
— Alexander Hamilton
I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
— Alexander Hamilton
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
— Alexander Hamilton
I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.
— Alexander Hamilton
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
— Alexander Hamilton
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
— Alexander Hamilton
A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.
— Alexander Hamilton
This is not a moment. It’s the movement.
— Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton Quotes About Life
Power over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.
— Alexander Hamilton
Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
— Alexander Hamilton
The effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.
— Alexander Hamilton
The art of reading is to skip judiciously.
— Alexander Hamilton
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
— Alexander Hamilton
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
— 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
For 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
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
— Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton. There’s a million things I haven’t done. Just you wait.
— Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton Quotes
It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.
— 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
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.
— Alexander Hamilton
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.
— Alexander Hamilton
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
— Alexander Hamilton
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 or obscured by mortal power.
— Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
— 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
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
Learn to think continentally.
— 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
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
— Alexander Hamilton
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
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
— Alexander Hamilton
The honor of a nation is its life.
— Alexander Hamilton
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
— Alexander Hamilton
A promise must never be broken.
— Alexander Hamilton
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
— Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
— 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
The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
— Alexander Hamilton
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
— Alexander Hamilton
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.
— Alexander Hamilton
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
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
— 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 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