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Alexander Hamilton Quotes
![[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/787/786340/786340.webp "[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War Picture Quote #1")
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[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws (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. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Ah, this is the constitution,he said. Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare, and mutual happiness. But when we become old and corrupt, it will bind no longer (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty. . . . a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Americans rouse - be unanimous, be virtuous, be firm, exert your courage, trust in Heaven, and nobly defy the enemies both of God and man! (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
I think the first duty of society is justice (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The deliberative sense of the community should govern (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
And it is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Our great error is that we suppose mankind to be more honest than they are (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right (Alexander Hamilton Quotes)