Best quotes by Alexander Hamilton on Government

Checkout quotes by Alexander Hamilton on Government

  • It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
    - Alexander Hamilton
  • The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.
    - Alexander Hamilton