Alexander-hamilton Quote by Patrick Mendis

“Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal government out…

— R.B. Bernstein

“Democratically-oriented Jeffersonian inspiration has prevailed throughout history and certainly been more admired than capitalistic Hamiltonian-style motivations of greed and power.”

— Patrick Mendis

“Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

Mr Jefferson meant that the American system should be a democracy, and he would rather have let the whole world perish than that this…

— Henry Adams

“To achieve these Jeffersonian ends, Alexander Hamilton—Jefferson’s philosophical rival—devised an ingenious strategy that entailed a strong manufacturing base, a national banking system, a centralized…

— Patrick Mendis

“It is not hard to figure out what Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and indentured White servants meant when they demanded liberty in 1776. But…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“For Jefferson, power came before freedom. Indeed, power creates freedom, not the other way around—as the powerless are taught.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

“From that point on, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and a few other intimates made it their first priority to arrange a deal with Hamilton—letting him…

— Anonymous

“In the end, nobody would do more than Alexander Hamilton to infuse life into this parchment and make it the working mandate of the…

— Ron Chernow

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

“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

'The people are the only sure reliance, for the preservation of our LIBERTY!' Thomas Jefferson

— Andrew Guzaldo