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Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS."

The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions."

Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.




Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will."

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.




Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death."

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



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good."

The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and hawkers of water"

Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and hawkers of water




Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority."

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind."

That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me."

I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.




Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied."

That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "No person that has enjoyed the sweets of liberty can be insensible of its infinite value, or can reflect on its reverse without horror and detestation"

No person that has enjoyed the sweets of liberty can be insensible of its infinite value, or can reflect on its reverse without horror and detestation



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them."

Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare."

We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion."

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws."

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



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution."

[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty."

Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government."

Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs"

Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities."

If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden."

A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant."

Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy."

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good."

It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious."

To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . ."

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature."

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave."

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Let experience, the least fallible guide of human opinion, be appealed to for an answer to these inquiries."

Let experience, the least fallible guide of human opinion, be appealed to for an answer to these inquiries.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master."

The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained."

The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "There is one transcendant advantage belonging to the province of the State governments . . . -I mean the ordinary administration of criminal and civil justice."

There is one transcendant advantage belonging to the province of the State governments . . . -I mean the ordinary administration of criminal and civil justice.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government."

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority."

The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "A habit of labor in the people is as essential to the health and rigor of their minds and bodies as it is conducive to the welfare of the state."

A habit of labor in the people is as essential to the health and rigor of their minds and bodies as it is conducive to the welfare of the state.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end of all laws, and so become null and void."

When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end of all laws, and so become null and void.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from its union with either of the other departments."

And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from its union with either of the other departments.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."

In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals."

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed."

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty."

The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us."

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding."

The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation."

Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.



Alexander Hamilton Quotes: "The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones."

The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.