"The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger……" — Alexander Hamilton

"The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one."

— Alexander Hamilton

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352 Quotes by Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton has 352 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to…
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious…
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error…
Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion…
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious…
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge…

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. — James A. Baldwin
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably… — Drew Barrymore
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I… — Clara Barton
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
The most dangerous people are the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the… — Kate Adie

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