It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.

— Alexander Hamilton

I think the first duty of society is justice.

— Alexander Hamilton

It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rulers but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— Alexander Hamilton

Learn to think continentally.

— Alexander Hamilton

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

— Alexander Hamilton

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

— Alexander Hamilton

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

— Alexander Hamilton

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

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

— Alexander Hamilton