Alexander Hamilton
1755 - 1804
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Quotes
Biography
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, economist, and the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Born in the West Indies, he played a crucial role in shaping the early American government, promoting a strong central government and financial system. Hamilton was a key figure in the development of the Constitution, contributing to 'The Federalist Papers' and establishing the nation's financial infrastructure.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
2
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
3
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
4
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.