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Tag: Alexander Hamilton

(1755–1804) The first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.

Neutrality requires strength

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 5, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories strengthTags Alexander Hamilton

Power over men

Power over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 5, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories decentralizationTags Alexander Hamilton

Stand for something

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 5, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories convictionTags Alexander Hamilton

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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