In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
Tag: Alexander Hamilton
(1755–1804) The first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.
The Constitution is the standard
The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes — rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments.
Destructive government
Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself?
Real liberty
We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real Liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship.
An association of states
If the Constitution is adopted the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States of a Confederacy.
Be firm
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Not invented here
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.
Neutrality requires strength
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Power over men
Power over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.
Stand for something
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.