Hamilton refused to drop his involvement in the Manumission Society even as his renown grew and his commitments vastly multiplied. He kept up his connection as a legal adviser until his death. Was thi...
Hamilton saw America’s essential nature being forged in the throes of battle, and that made honest action imperative.
Hamilton showed that, for all his misgivings about the Constitution, he could be cooperative and play a serviceable part. The convention showed good judgment in choosing him, given his literary gifts...
Hamilton stole the moral high ground from opponents and established the legal and moral basis for securities trading in America: the notion that securities are freely transferable and that buyers assu...
Hamilton’s besetting fear was that American democracy would be spoiled by demagogues who would mouth populist shibboleths to conceal their despotism.
Hamilton’s critics seriously underrated his superhuman stamina. He enjoyed beating his enemies at their own game, and the resolutions roused his fighting spirit. By February 19, in a staggering displa...
Hamilton’s life was so tumultuous that only an audacious novelist could have dreamed it up. He embodied an enduring archetype: the obscure immigrant who comes to America, re-creates himself, and succe...
Hamilton’s list of the advantages of manufacturing has a quintessentially American ring: Additional employment to classes of the community not ordinarily engaged in the business. The promoting of emig...
He applauded a belated decision to evacuate Garfield from the White House in early September and bring him by train to Long Branch. During the months of August and September the White House is one of...
He endorsed the dollar as the basic currency, divided into smaller coins on a decimal basis. Because many Americans still bartered, Hamilton wanted to encourage the use of coins. As part of his campai...
He favored granting Congress supreme power in war, peace, trade, finance, and foreign affairs.
He generally spoke with much animation and energy, and with considerable gesture. His mind was filled with all the learning and precedence required for the occasion, enabling him to make numerous exte...
He railed against the baleful precedent that would be set if the legislature exiled an entire category of people without hearings or trials. If that happened, no man can be safe, nor know when he may...
He saw that inflation had originated with wartime shortages, which had led, in turn, to the waning value of money. Over time, the inflation had acquired a self-reinforcing momentum. Economic fundament...
He saw that while he had much to lose by refraining from the duel, he had precious little to gain by facing it: I shall hazard much and can possibly gain nothing by the issue of the interview. 72 Why...
His faculties stayed intact until about fifteen minutes before the end. Then, at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 12, 1804, thirty-one hours after the duel, forty-nine-year-old Alexander Hamilton died gent...
How had Hamilton justified this disgraceful action to himself? He believed that Jefferson’s support for the Constitution had always been lukewarm and that, once in office, he would dismantle the feder...
How to remedy this want of confidence? Hamilton submitted a twelve-point program, a fully realized vision of a financial system that reflected sustained thinking. Congress should create a central bank...
I do think we are and shall be great consumers.
I will venture to pronounce it one of the most ludicrous performances which has been exhibited to public view during all the present controversy-Alexander Hamilton
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