Ambition Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— 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…

— Alexander Hamilton