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title: "Best Government Quotes by Alexander Hamilton"
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> [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/)

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> [Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/government-implies-the-power-of-making-laws-it-is-essential-to-the/)

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> [Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/government-is-frequently-and-aptly-classed-under-two-descriptions-a/)

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> [That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/that-there-may-happen-cases-in-which-the-national-government-may-be/)

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> [A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-republic-of-this-kind-able-to-withstand-an-external-force-may/)

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> [If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-the-representatives-of-the-people-betray-their-constituents-there/)

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> [The true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-true-principle-of-government-is-this-make-the-system-compleat-in/)

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> [ It has been observed, \[that for the federal government\] to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-has-been-observed-that-for-the-federal-government-to-coerce-the/)

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> [If mankind were to resolve to agree in no institution of government, until every part of it had been adjusted to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-mankind-were-to-resolve-to-agree-in-no-institution-of-government/)

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> [A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/a-government-ought-to-contain-in-itself-every-power-requisite-to-the/)

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> [The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-people-are-turbulent-and-changing-they-seldom-judge-or-determine/)

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> [If government is in the hands of the few, they will tyrannize the many; if in the hands of the many, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-government-is-in-the-hands-of-the-few-they-will-tyrannize-the-many/)

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> [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/)

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> [The origin of all civil government, justly established, must be a voluntary compact, between the rulers and the ruled; and must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-origin-of-all-civil-government-justly-established-must-be-a/)

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> [Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/some-reasonable-term-ought-to-be-allowed-to-enable-aliens-to-get-rid/)

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> [All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/all-communities-divide-themselves-into-the-few-and-the-many-the-first/)

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> [There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-is-no-part-of-the-administration-of-government-that-requires/)

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> [The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-history-of-ancient-and-modern-republics-had-taught-them-that-many/)

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> [ It is by far the safer course to lay \[considerations of the future\] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-by-far-the-safer-course-to-lay-considerations-of-the-future/)

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> [Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/good-constitutions-are-formed-upon-a-comparison-of-the-liberty-of-the/)

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> [The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-inquiry-constantly-is-what-will-please-not-what-will-benefit-the/)

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> [If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-we-are-in-earnest-about-giving-the-union-energy-and-duration-we/)

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> [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/)

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> [If the exercise of power of internal taxation by the Union should be discovered on experiment to be really inconvenient, the federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-the-exercise-of-power-of-internal-taxation-by-the-union-should-be/)

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> [There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-may-be-in-every-government-a-few-choice-spirits-who-may-act/)

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> [Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/why-has-government-been-instituted-at-all-because-the-passions-of-man/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[I\]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-n-framing-a-government-for-a-nation-we-ought-in-those-provisions/)

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> [If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-there-are-such-things-as-political-axioms-the-propriety-of-the/)

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> [ \[W\]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/)

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> [The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-great-leading-objects-of-the-federal-government-in-which-revenue/)

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> [Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/can-any-reasonable-man-be-well-disposed-toward-a-government-which/)

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> [The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-people-alone-have-an-incontestable-unalienable-and-indefeasible/)

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> [It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-follow-that-that-government-ought-to-be-clothed-with-all/)

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> [I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-trust-that-the-proposed-constitution-afford-a-genuine-specimen-of/)

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> [ That this gentleman \[President John Adams\] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/that-this-gentleman-president-john-adams-ought-not-to-be-the-object/)

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> [It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-has-been-frequently-remarked-that-it-seems-to-have-been-reserved-2/)

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> [ It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another \[for the Executive\] to be dependent on the legislative body.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the-laws-and-another-for-the/)

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> [The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-true-principle-of-a-republic-is-that-the-people-should-choose/)

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> [The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-state-governments-possess-inherent-advantages-which-will-ever/)

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## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [ \[W\]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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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