Alexander Hamilton Quotes

Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant.

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of the government.

A nation has a right to manage its concerns as it thinks fit.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

The art of reading is to skip judiciously.

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.

Learn to think continentally.

We must make the best of those ills that cannot be avoided.

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for everything. Strut is good for nothing.

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.

The honour of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.

A promise must never be broken.

I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its happiness.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep.

Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one is sapped, the other will fall of course.

A well-adjusted person makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they are properly armed.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

A nation that can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.