--- title: "12 Debt Quotes By Alexander Hamilton" description: "12 Debt quotes by Alexander Hamilton. Plus more from Alexander Hamilton and more Debt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_1058580.jpg" --- > [A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-will-be-to-us-a-national-2/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_1058580.jpg) > [ \[S\]ound policy condemns the practice of accumulating debts. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-accumulating-debts/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/alexander-hamilton-619_debt_s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-a_1443087.jpg) > [As to Taxes, they are evidently inseparable from Government. It is impossible without them to pay the debts of the nation, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/as-to-taxes-they-are-evidently-inseparable-from-government-it-is/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/alexander-hamilton-619_danger_as-to-taxes-they-are-evidently-inseparab_1901743.jpg) > [Establish that a Government may decline a provision for its debts, though able to make it, and you overthrow all public morality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/establish-that-a-government-may-decline-a-provision-for-its-debts/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/alexander-hamilton-619_able_establish-that-a-government-may-decline_1638674.jpg) > [A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing; it will be powerfull cement of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-will-be-to-us-a-national/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_818845.jpg) > [It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/alexander-hamilton-619_answers_it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-in-countrie_150728.jpg) > [But though a funded debt is not in the first instance, an absolute increase of Capital, or an augmentation of real wealth;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/but-though-a-funded-debt-is-not-in-the-first-instance-an-absolute/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/alexander-hamilton-619_absolutes_but-though-a-funded-debt-is-not-in-the-f_1570436.jpg) > [And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/and-as-the-vicissitudes-of-nations-beget-a-perpetual-tendency-to-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/alexander-hamilton-619_accumulation_and-as-the-vicissitudes-of-nations-beget_866206.jpg) > [It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should . . . be remoulded into such a shape as will bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-of-the-greatest-consequence-that-the-debt-should-be-remoulded/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/alexander-hamilton-619_accomplished_it-is-of-the-greatest-consequence-that-t_1747884.jpg) > [Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/allow-a-government-to-decline-paying-its-debts-and-you-overthrow-all/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/alexander-hamilton-619_attention_allow-a-government-to-decline-paying-its_784508.jpg) > [There are respectable individuals, who from a just aversion to an accumulation of Public debt, are unwilling to concede to it any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-are-respectable-individuals-who-from-a-just-aversion-to-an/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/alexander-hamilton-619_accumulation_there-are-respectable-individuals-who-fr_2763266.jpg) > [It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-of-the-greatest-consequence-that-the-debt-should-with-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/alexander-hamilton-619_accomplished_it-is-of-the-greatest-consequence-that-t_597929.jpg) ## Other authors on Debt ## 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/debt/alexander-hamilton/#itemlist", "name": "12 Debt Quotes By Alexander Hamilton", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Hamilton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-will-be-to-us-a-national-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_1058580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_1058580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/alexander-hamilton-619_blessing_a-national-debt-if-it-is-not-excessive-w_1058580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.” — Alexander Hamilton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[S]ound policy condemns the practice of accumulating debts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Hamilton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-accumulating-debts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/alexander-hamilton-619_debt_s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-a_1443087.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/alexander-hamilton-619_debt_s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-a_1443087.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/alexander-hamilton-619_debt_s-ound-policy-condemns-the-practice-of-a_1443087.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[S]ound policy condemns the practice of accumulating debts.” — Alexander Hamilton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As to Taxes, they are evidently inseparable from Government. 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