--- title: "1 Think Duty Quotes By Andrew Hamilton" description: "1 Think Duty quotes by Andrew Hamilton. Plus more from Andrew Hamilton and more Think Duty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg" --- > [“It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own. For tho', blessed be God, I live in a government where liberty is well understood, and freely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hamilton/it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when-our-neighbor-s-house-is-on/) Andrew Hamilton [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg) ## More by Andrew Hamilton > [“Power may justly be compared to a great river which, while kept within its due bounds is both beautiful and useful; but when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hamilton/power-may-justly-be-compared-to-a-great-river-which-while-kept-within/) Andrew Hamilton > [“It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hamilton/it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when-our-neighbor-s-house-is-on/) Andrew Hamilton > [The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing that without liberty life is a misery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hamilton/the-man-who-loves-his-country-prefers-its-liberty-to-all-other/) Andrew Hamilton ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-duty/andrew-hamilton/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Duty Quotes By Andrew Hamilton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own. For tho', blessed be God, I live in a government where liberty is well understood, and freely enjoy'd; yet experience has shown us all that bad precedent in one government is soon set up for an authority in another; and therefore I cannot but think it mine, and every honest man's duty that we ought at the same time to be upon our guard against power, wherever we apprehend that it may affect ourselves or our fellow subjects. I should think it my duty, if required, to go to the utmost part of the land, where my service could be of any use in assisting to quench the flame of prosecutions upon informations, set on foot by the government, to deprive a people of their right to remonstrating (and complaining too) of the arbitrary attempts of men in power.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Hamilton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hamilton/it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when-our-neighbor-s-house-is-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is an old and wise caution, that when our neighbor's house is on fire, we ought to take care of our own…” — Andrew Hamilton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-duty/andrew-hamilton/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-duty/andrew-hamilton/", "name": "Think Duty Quotes by Andrew Hamilton", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-duty/andrew-hamilton/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/andrew-hamilton-82469_democracy_it-is-an-old-and-wise-caution-that-when_1613366.jpg" }, "description": "1 Think Duty quotes by Andrew Hamilton. 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