--- title: "27 Authority Quotes By Alexander Hamilton" description: "27 Authority quotes by Alexander Hamilton. Plus more from Alexander Hamilton and more Authority sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-power-of-creating-new-funds-upon-new_879492.jpg" --- > [The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-power-of-creating-new-funds-upon-new-objects-of-taxation-by-its/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-power-of-creating-new-funds-upon-new_879492.jpg) > [Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/nothing-is-more-natural-to-men-in-office-than-to-look-with-peculiar/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_nothing-is-more-natural-to-men-in-office_3088658.jpg) > [It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-of-the-nature-of-war-to-increase-the-executive-at-the-expense/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_it-is-of-the-nature-of-war-to-increase-t_1239243.jpg) > [ \[W\]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-union-to-the-persons-of-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-uni_2278986.jpg) > [ The instrument by which it \[government\] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-instrument-by-which-it-government-must-act-are-either-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-instrument-by-which-it-government-mu_1468098.jpg) > [Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/of-all-the-cares-or-concerns-of-government-the-direction-of-war-most/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_of-all-the-cares-or-concerns-of-governme_1873522.jpg) > [If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-the-federal-government-should-overpass-the-just-bounds-of-its/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/alexander-hamilton-619_appeals_if-the-federal-government-should-overpas_2161509.jpg) > [It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-far-more-rational-to-suppose-that-the-courts-were-designed-to/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_it-is-far-more-rational-to-suppose-that_2174519.jpg) > [There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-is-no-position-which-depends-on-clearer-principles-than-that/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_there-is-no-position-which-depends-on-cl_2164844.jpg) > [The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-same-state-of-the-passions-which-fits-the-multitude-who-have-not/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-same-state-of-the-passions-which-fit_2780311.jpg) > [It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-may-safely-be-received-as-an-axiom-in-our-political-system-that/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_it-may-safely-be-received-as-an-axiom-in_2775663.jpg) > [If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-the-end-be-clearly-comprehended-within-any-of-the-specified-powers/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_if-the-end-be-clearly-comprehended-withi_1840903.jpg) > [ \[E\]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/e-very-act-of-a-delegated-authority-contrary-to-the-tenor-of-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/alexander-hamilton-619_acting_e-very-act-of-a-delegated-authority-cont_1212377.jpg) > [The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-states-have-authority-to-interpret-the-constitution-enforce-it/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-states-have-authority-to-interpret-t_2944503.jpg) > [The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-constitution-of-human-nature-teaches-us-not-to-expect-that-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/alexander-hamilton-619_administration_the-constitution-of-human-nature-teaches_2454147.jpg) > [That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/that-instability-is-inherent-in-the-nature-of-popular-governments-i/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_that-instability-is-inherent-in-the-natu_1363482.jpg) > [Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-thing-that-rarely-strikes-his/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/alexander-hamilton-619_affection_man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-t_129539.jpg) > [The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-complete-independence-of-the-courts-of-justice-is-peculiarly/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-complete-independence-of-the-courts_1119025.jpg) > [The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-president-is-to-be-commander-in-chief-of-the-army-and-navy-of-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/alexander-hamilton-619_admiral_the-president-is-to-be-commander-in-chie_1913273.jpg) > [In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/in-a-government-framed-for-durable-liberty-not-less-regard-must-be/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/alexander-hamilton-619_anarchy_in-a-government-framed-for-durable-liber_1077068.jpg) > [The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-fabric-of-american-empire-ought-to-rest-on-the-solid-basis-of-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/alexander-hamilton-619_american-empire_the-fabric-of-american-empire-ought-to-r_867565.jpg) > [I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-confess-i-am-at-a-loss-to-discover-what-temptation-the-persons/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/alexander-hamilton-619_administration_i-confess-i-am-at-a-loss-to-discover-wha_252914.jpg) > [The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-idea-of-restraining-the-legislative-authority-in-the-means-of/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/alexander-hamilton-619_ardent_the-idea-of-restraining-the-legislative_200857.jpg) > [There can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-can-be-no-limitation-of-that-authority-which-is-to-provide-for/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_there-can-be-no-limitation-of-that-autho_634323.jpg) > [The experience of past ages may inform us, that when the circumstances of a people render them distressed, their rulers generally recur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-experience-of-past-ages-may-inform-us-that-when-the-circumstances/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/alexander-hamilton-619_affection_the-experience-of-past-ages-may-inform-u_1194081.jpg) > [Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/tyranny-has-perhaps-oftener-grown-out-of-the-assumptions-of-power/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/alexander-hamilton-619_assumption_tyranny-has-perhaps-oftener-grown-out-of_1572153.jpg) > [Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/hence-in-a-state-of-nature-no-man-had-any-moral-power-to-deprive/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_hence-in-a-state-of-nature-no-man-had-an_2844921.jpg) ## Other authors on Authority - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jiddu-krishnamurti-49572.jpg) Jiddu Krishnamurti 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/jiddu-krishnamurti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stanley-milgram-86678.jpg) Stanley Milgram 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/stanley-milgram/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lord-acton-61079.jpg) Lord Acton 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/lord-acton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-goldman-33179.jpg) Emma Goldman 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/emma-goldman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/carl-sagan/) ## More by Alexander Hamilton > [“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-am-apprehensive-sir-that-in-the-warmth-of-my-feelings-i-may-have/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-truth-unquestionably-is-that-the-only-path-to-a-subversion-of-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [ \[W\]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/w-ar-is-a-question-under-our-constitution-not-of-executive-but-of/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-be-of-little-avail-to-the-people-that-the-laws-are-made-by/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/though-a-wide-ocean-separates-the-united-states-from-europe-yet-there/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-an-unquestionable-truth-that-the-body-of-the-people-in-every/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-are-still-to-be-found-visionary-or-designing-men-who-stand/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [ It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another \[for the Executive\] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the-laws-and-another-for-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/man-is-very-much-a-creature-of-habit-a-thing-that-rarely-strikes-his/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/money-is-with-propriety-considered-as-the-vital-principle-of-the-body/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-nation-which-can-prefer-disgrace-to-danger-is-prepared-for-a/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence, it answers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-in-countries-in-which-the-national-debt/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-government-the-constitution-of-which-renders-it-unfit-to-be-trusted/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-liberty-of-the-press-consists-in-the-right-to-publish-with/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) > [You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/you-should-not-have-taken-advantage-of-my-sensibility-to-steal-into/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/alexander-hamilton/#itemlist", "name": "27 Authority Quotes By Alexander Hamilton", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far as its necessities might require.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Hamilton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-power-of-creating-new-funds-upon-new-objects-of-taxation-by-its/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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