--- title: "20 Objects Quotes By Alexander Hamilton" description: "20 Objects quotes by Alexander Hamilton. Plus more from Alexander Hamilton and more Objects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-uni_2278986.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 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/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/alexander-hamilton-619_common_the-great-leading-objects-of-the-federal_1841661.jpg) > [To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/to-cherish-and-stimulate-the-activity-of-the-human-mind-by/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/alexander-hamilton-619_activity_to-cherish-and-stimulate-the-activity-of_1974051.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) > [It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-in-vain-to-hope-to-guard-against-events-too-mighty-for-human/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/alexander-hamilton-619_events_it-is-in-vain-to-hope-to-guard-against-e_3064556.jpg) > [The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-christian-constitutional-society-its-object-is-first-the-support/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/alexander-hamilton-619_christian_the-christian-constitutional-society-its_692138.jpg) > [Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/its-objects-are-contracts-with-foreign-nations-which-have-the-force/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/alexander-hamilton-619_contracts_its-objects-are-contracts-with-foreign-n_1688277.jpg) > [There is perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations, than their being bound to mutual contributions for any common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/there-is-perhaps-nothing-more-likely-to-disturb-the-tranquillity-of/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/alexander-hamilton-619_benefits_there-is-perhaps-nothing-more-likely-to_3127441.jpg) > [ But might not his \[the president's\] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/but-might-not-his-the-president-s-nomination-be-overruled-i-grant-it/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/alexander-hamilton-619_degrees_but-might-not-his-the-president-s-nomina_2431678.jpg) > [It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-is-a-singular-capriciousness-of-the-human-mind-that-after-all-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/alexander-hamilton-619_admonition_it-is-a-singular-capriciousness-of-the-h_274445.jpg) > [It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/it-will-be-well-to-advert-to-the-proportion-between-the-objects-that/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/alexander-hamilton-619_adverts_it-will-be-well-to-advert-to-the-proport_304055.jpg) > [The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-prosperity-of-commerce-is-now-perceived-and-acknowledged-by-all/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/alexander-hamilton-619_business_the-prosperity-of-commerce-is-now-percei_2221760.jpg) > [Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/responsibility-in-order-to-be-reasonable-must-be-limited-to-objects/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/alexander-hamilton-619_constituents_responsibility-in-order-to-be-reasonable_1628266.jpg) > [ 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/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/alexander-hamilton-619_administration_that-this-gentleman-president-john-adams_1363825.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) > [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/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/alexander-hamilton-619_balance_good-constitutions-are-formed-upon-a-com_1489711.jpg) > [To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/to-cherish-and-stimulate-the-activity-of-the-human-mind-by-2/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/alexander-hamilton-619_activity_to-cherish-and-stimulate-the-activity-of_3059684.jpg) > [By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/by-multiplying-the-means-of-gratification-by-promoting-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/alexander-hamilton-619_active_by-multiplying-the-means-of-gratificatio_1579593.jpg) > [Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/perhaps-myself-the-first-at-some-expense-of-popularity-to-unfold-the/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/alexander-hamilton-619_administration_perhaps-myself-the-first-at-some-expense_3145434.jpg) > [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/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/alexander-hamilton-619_accomplishment_a-government-ought-to-contain-in-itself_822308.jpg) ## Other authors on Objects ## 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/objects/alexander-hamilton/#itemlist", "name": "20 Objects Quotes By Alexander Hamilton", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Hamilton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-union-to-the-persons-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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