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Alexander Hamilton

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He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.


— Alexander Hamilton


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The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.


— Alexander Hamilton


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


— Alexander Hamilton


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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.


— Alexander Hamilton


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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.


— Alexander Hamilton


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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.


— Alexander Hamilton


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


— Alexander Hamilton


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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.


— Alexander Hamilton


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In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.


— Alexander Hamilton


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A promise must never be broken.


— Alexander Hamilton


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About Alexander Hamilton

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Years later when told that Hamilton may have misled him at the duel the ever-laconic Burr replied "Contemptible if true. Even though Hamilton did not like Jefferson and disagreed with him on many issues he viewed Jefferson as the lesser of two evils. Jay was president and Hamilton was the first secretary and later became president.

He attended King's College (now Columbia University) in New York City. When in the same contest Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency in the electoral college Hamilton helped defeat Burr whom he found unprincipled and elect Jefferson despite philosophical differences. However the Quasi-War although hard-fought at sea was never officially declared.

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