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Great Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- ...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 is that we suppose mankind…
- Our great error is that we suppose mankind to be more honest than they are.
- It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions…
- It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of proofs, how apt…
- If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when…
- Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting…
- 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…
- There was a time when we were told . . . that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective…
- Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But…
- Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.
- The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the…
- The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense.
- The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,…
- The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same…
- In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government…
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