Alexander-hamilton Quote by Joseph J. Ellis

“Indeed, the case very often such, by the seeming calls of Providence, as made it extremely difficult for him to do more than his…

— Jonathan Edwards

“(Jefferson) was deeply suspicious of Hamilton's assumption plan (by which the nation would assume responsibility for the states' individual war debts.) He feared this…

— Jay Winik

“Americans could achieve Jefferson’s democratic freedoms through Hamilton’s economic development strategies and trade policies.”

— Patrick Mendis

“Hamilton warned that “a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the…

— Ron Chernow

“I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without help, abandoned, so…

— Daniel Defoe

“We degrade Providence too much by attributing our ideas to it out of annoyance at being unable to understand it.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“how unfortunate that we should have had that very cold weather at a time when coal was so dear! So distressing for the poor.”…

— Saki

So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects…

— Herbert Croly

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by…

— George Washington

“Once again was it proved that the designs of Providence are impenetrable and that the sinner, climbing out of the pit of his filthiness,…

— Gabriel Chevallier

I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to…

— Adolf Hitler

“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had been a…

— Ron Chernow