"To judge from the history of mankind, we……" — Alexander Hamilton
"To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude, that the fiery and destructive passions of war, reign in the human breast, with much more powerful sway, than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace."
—
Alexander Hamilton
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
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…
See all 352 quotes by Alexander Hamilton »
More Beneficent Quotes
This quote is filed under Beneficent Quotes,
one of 88 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the…
— Annie Besant
-
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
— Louis D. Brandeis
-
The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female…
— Carol P. Christ
-
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the…
— Alexander Hamilton
-
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men…
— Louis D. Brandeis
-
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to…
— Rebecca Harding Davis
-
The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this…
— Charles Darwin
-
I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for…
— Charles Darwin
-
But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of…
— Charles Darwin
-
We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws…
— John Dalton
-
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it…
— Otto Hermann Kahn
-
Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any…
— Unknown Author
See all 88 Beneficent Quotes »