Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamiltonwas a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the founder of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post newspaper. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the primary author of the economic policies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 January 1757
CountryUnited States of America
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
A promise must never be broken.
Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.
The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.
No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.
I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man.
Our great error is that we suppose mankind to be more honest than they are.
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.
To my utter astonishment I saw an airship descending over my cow lot. It was occupied by six of the strangest beings I ever saw. They were jabbering together, but we could not understand a word they said...
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Americans rouse - be unanimous, be virtuous, be firm, exert your courage, trust in Heaven, and nobly defy the enemies both of God and man!