Alexander Hamilton
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8 quotes we’ve traced to Alexander Hamilton
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing”
Verified“I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man”
Verified“Ride the storm and direct the whirlwind”
Verified“I have examined carefully the evidence of the Christian religion; and, if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity, I should unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor”
Attributed“Your people, sir, is a great beast!”
Attributed“Learn to think continentally”
Disputed“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed”
Disputed“There are not enough words to string together in the English language to express how much I want to hit you with a chair”
DisputedNot actually Alexander Hamilton
Often misattributed to Alexander Hamilton
Famous lines widely pinned on Alexander Hamilton that we’ve traced to someone else.
“For my own part, I sincerely esteem it a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests”
actually Unknown
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly”
actually Unknown
“War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement”
actually James Madison
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