Law Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
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A law that is too long or confusing can’t help anyone, according to Hamilton. He points out that laws should be clear enough to read and that the courts must interpret them, not impose will. He also stresses the need for limits on legislative power.
![“[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/alexander-hamilton-619_consideration_t-here-is-not-a-syllable-in-the-plan-und_2546679.jpg)
![“[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give place to the Constitution. But this doctrine is not deducible from any circumstance peculiar to the plan of convention, but from the general theory of…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/alexander-hamilton-619_circumstances_t-he-constitution-ought-to-be-the-standa_636805.jpg)
![“The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_the-instrument-by-which-it-government-mu_1468098.jpg)
![“[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/alexander-hamilton-619_court_t-hough-individual-oppression-may-now-an_592732.jpg)
![“It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports with, the last violates, the fundamental principles of good government; and, whatever may be the forms of the Constitution, unites all power in the same hands.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/alexander-hamilton-619_body_it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the_129196.jpg)
