Alexander Hamilton

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

"The Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man."

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

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

"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself."

"The real distinction is between those friends of liberty who are also friends of order."

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice."

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it."

"I have carefully examined the evidences that Christianity is true, and I have come to the solid conclusion that it is."

"If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read it, you are misinformed."

"When will the time be found to read, without neglecting the indispensable duties of life?"

"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."

"The enlargement of federal power through judicial interpretation must be resisted."

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

"In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."

"We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism."

"The sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as finally staked on the success of the American experiment."

"Great ambition without principle is the greatest mischief."

"You will not have taken it amiss that I have sought your counsel."

"The true principle of government is this—make the system complete in its principles and machinery of operation."

"Industry is a powerful means of acquiring wealth."

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

"Those unfamiliar with what has happened before inevitably are doomed to repeat it."

"Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power."

"Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see."

"The discipline of the military is to be preserved by severity."

"A vigorous execution is the vital principle of the success of every government."

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

"The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God, and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact."

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."