Tag Archives: Alexander Hamilton

First Principles: As Riches Increase and Accumulate In Few Hands…the Tendency of Things Will Be To Depart From the Republican Standard

Posted on January 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence

Posted on November 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)

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First Principles: The Fabric of American Empire Ought To Rest On the Solid Basis of the Consent of the People

Posted on November 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legislative authority.” – Alexander Hamilton

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First Principles: There Is A Certain Enthusiasm In Liberty, That Makes Human Nature Rise Above Itself, In Acts of Bravery and Heroism

Posted on September 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” -Hamilton (1775)

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First Principles: To Cherish and Stimulate the Activity of the Human Mind, By Multiplying the Objects of Enterprise, Is Not Among the Least Considerable of the Expedients

Posted on September 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” -Alexander Hamilton (1791)

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First Principles: Of Those Men Who Have Over Turned the Liberties of Republics, the Greatest Number Have Begun Their Career By Paying…Court To the People…and Ending Tyrants

Posted on September 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” -Alexander Hamilton (1787)

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First Principles: A Government Ought To Contain In Itself Every Power Requisite To the Full Accomplishment of the Objects Committed To Its Care

Posted on August 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Instruments By Which the Government Must Act Are Either the Authority of the Laws or Force. If the First Is Destroyed, the Last Must Be Substituted

Posted on August 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The instruments by which [the government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Perseverance In Almost Any Plan Is Better Than Fickleness and Fluctuation

Posted on July 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation.” – Alexander Hamilton, July 1792

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First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace or War Will Not Always Be left To Our Option

Posted on July 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading →

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