Alexander Hamilton

In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by…

— Alexander Hamilton

The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for…

— Alexander Hamilton

“For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either…

— Alexander Hamilton

Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so…

— Alexander Hamilton

The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of…

— Alexander Hamilton

[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator…

— Alexander Hamilton

The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation…

— Alexander Hamilton

“The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is in the principle of LEGISLATION for STATES or GOVERNMENTS,…

— Alexander Hamilton

The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.

— Alexander Hamilton

I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

— Alexander Hamilton

It was remarked yesterday that a numerous representation was necessary to obtain the confidence of the people. This is not generally true.…

— Alexander Hamilton

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be…

— Alexander Hamilton

The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in…

— Alexander Hamilton

States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape…

— Alexander Hamilton

There can be no profit in the making or selling of things to be destroyed in war. Men may think that they…

— Alexander Hamilton

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress…

— Alexander Hamilton

A nation has a right to manage its own concerns as it thinks fit.

— Alexander Hamilton

There can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community in any…

— Alexander Hamilton

[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws…

— Alexander Hamilton

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.

— Alexander Hamilton

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

— Alexander Hamilton

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this…

— Alexander Hamilton