All Alexander Hamilton Quotes
- An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will… Artifice
- The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to… All
- It was remarked yesterday that a numerous representation was necessary to obtain the confidence of the people. This is not generally true. The confidence of… Administration
- Here sir, the people govern. Funny
- It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they… Body
- It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would… Always Reason
- [W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government. Authority
- It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. Commonly
- I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the… All
- The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to… Care
- Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a… All
- As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and… Assigned
- Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security. Confidence
- The increasing remoteness of consanguinity is everyday diminishing the force of the family compact between France and Spain. And politicians have ever with great reason… Blood
- The honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide. Abandon
- The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master. Achaeans
- The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against… Answered
- That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied. Cases
- The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong symptoms of impatience… Any
- If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… Answered
- [T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give… Any
- [T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of… According
- The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements… Behavior
- And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from… Alone
- Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from… Annoy