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Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Cabinet papers [contin.] 1794-1795. [Miscellanies, 1794-1795] Military papers. 1798-1800. Correspondence [contin.] 1789-1795
“The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.”
Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
Source: The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers
“And it is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Cabinet papers [contin.] 1794-1795. [Miscellanies, 1794-1795] Military papers. 1798-1800. Correspondence [contin.] 1789-1795
“I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
Source: Correspondence. 1769-1789
Source: The federalist papers
Source: The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States
“The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.”
“No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.”
Source: Observations on certain documents in
Source: The Federalist
“The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.”
Source: The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Correspondence. 1769-1789
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
“It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.”
Source: The Federalist on the New Constitution
“A promise must never be broken.”
Source: Works
Source: Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
Source: Jan.1787-May 1788
“I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
Source: The Federalist on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, with an Appendix Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793
“In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will.”
“When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.”
Source: The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers
Source: The Official and Other Papers of the Late Major-General Alexander Hamilton: Comp. Chiefly from the Originals in the Possession of Mrs. Hamilton ...
Source: Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder
Source: The Federalist
“Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.”
Source: Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder
“Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.”
“Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.”
Source: The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers
Source: The Federalist Papers: The Making of the US Constitution
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc
Source: The works of Alexander Hamilton: comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military. Published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of State, by order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress