The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe honor of a nation is its life.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONA national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONMen are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONOf those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThere are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONSafety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONI always feel how necessary you are to me. But when you are absent, I become still more sensible of it and look around in vain for that satisfaction which you alone can bestow.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONYou should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONSafety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONCold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONI have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONVigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONThe militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; a permanent or long-standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.
ALEXANDER HAMILTONDivide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON