Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
As you sometimes swear by him that made you, I conclude your sentiments do not correspond with his, in that which is… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A habit of labor in the people is as essential to the health and rigor of their minds and bodies as it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit is not essential to a Nation. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[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… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind.… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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