Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
“A promise must never be broken.”
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.”
“Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.”
“Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.”
“I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
“I think the first duty of society is justice.”
“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.”
“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”