Quote by Ron Chernow

“Moments later Hamilton had a second confrontation with prominent opponents of the treaty, shouting that he would “fight the whole party one by one…

— Mike Wallace

Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism.

— Ron Chernow

“Hamilton, the most brilliant American statesman who ever lived, possessing the loftiest and keenest intellect of his time, was of course easily the foremost…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“At this, Hamilton dropped any pose of civility and chastised Monroe, saying “your representation is totally false.”

— Ron Chernow

“Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will [Hamilton] had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues,…

— john steinbeck

“He had been in the legal profession long enough to know that human behavior was complicated and unpredictable and that justice always had to…

— Thrity Umrigar

“I shouldn't trust him. He was a soldier. But he was a prisoner, too. And that ought to mean we were on the same…

— Alwyn Hamilton

“Some of the soldiers made disparaging comments about the fact that he was a womanform when they thought he couldn’t hear them. But his…

— Yoon Ha Lee

“The spirit of quarrelsome comradeship which he had observed lately in his rival had not seduced Stephen from his habits of quiet obedience. He…

— James Joyce

“taking advantage of the fact that soldiers trust each other to do their own job. He”

— Nat Kozinn

“In one great case a man [Winston Churchill] who had been considered too brilliant and too reckless ever to be trusted with major office…

— Graham Greene

“who, like other weak men, grew in valor as his opponent seemed inclined to make peace,”

— Charles Kingsley