| 18 Famous Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
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“" 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."”
American constitution Quotes |
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“Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing”
Firmness Quotes |
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“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
Nations Quotes |
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“Learn to think continentally.”
Statesmanship Quotes Source: paraphrase of his words in a speech to his American countrymen
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“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.”
Adaptability Quotes |
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“Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.”
Firmness Quotes |
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“Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.”
Man Quotes |
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“Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.”
Men and women Quotes |
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“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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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”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give place to the Constitution. But this doctrine is not deducible from any circumstance peculiar to the plan of convention, but from the general theory of a limited Constitution.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government would be impracticable. There must be a perpetual accomodation and sacrifice of local advantage to general expediency.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“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”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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Alexander Hamilton Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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