Administration Quote by Alexander Hamilton

“If we {Federalists] must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we…

— Alexander Hamilton

“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or more become…

— Sherman Edwards

“Now be it known, That I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty do, by…

— John Adams

[John] Adams never had an optimistic view of human nature, and his experience in the Congress and abroad only deepened his suspicion that his…

— Gordon S. Wood

Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men…

— James Madison

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and…

— Joseph Story

“Whatever his disappointments, Hamilton, forty, must have left Philadelphia with an immense feeling of accomplishment. The Whiskey Rebellion had been suppressed, the country's finances…

— Ron Chernow

“If a president is the type of man who couples his hope with audacity, if he is willing to play Alinsky-style hardball despite his…

— Andrew McCarthy

“Again, John Adams understood that the new Constitution simply lacked the powers to control a people who were, by their own lack of virtue,…

— Jack Pelham

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and…

— Joseph Story

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide…

— Oliver Benjamin

A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he…

— Henry Clay