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"A national debt will be to us a national blessing." Alexander Hamilton Quotes
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Alexander Hamilton was an American politician, writer, lawyer, and soldier. He became famous with his words and ideas. Here are some of his famous quotes.
| | The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses. |
| | I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be. |
| | Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. |
| | Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. |
| | In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources. |
| | A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one. |
| | A promise must never be broken. |
| | Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. |
| | I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value. |
| | I think the first duty of society is justice. |
| | It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. |
| | 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. |
| | Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. |
| | There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. |
| | Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. |
| | We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. |
| | When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. |
| | A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. |
| | It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. |
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