Alexander Hamilton Quotes

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

Alexander Hamilton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 11, 1755 - July 12, 1804

Topics

GovernmentPeopleNothingWillFolly

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

John Corbett

YouBadFameLittleBugsOdd

I think it's nice sometimes not to be plugged in 24/7 to email and the Internet and everything else. It's nice to get away.

Andrew Luck

ThinkInternetNiceSometimesEmail

I've still not written as well as I want to. I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, 'You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and I wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth.'

Maya Angelou

GirlTruthBlackYouKnowWant

'Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

FamilyStoryFallSecretsNeedIdea

People keep saying EC3 is the heart and soul of TNA: that he's this homegrown star, and he is going to be this big star. But fans don't understand that I'm the true star - I came off Vince McMahon's TV.

Matt Hardy

HeartSoulPeopleSayingUnderstand

Underground, raw movies that come out of nowhere and change everything - they aren't slick-looking. But I have nothing against slick-looking as long as the scripts are funny.

John Waters

FunnyChangeLongMoviesNothing

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

Stephen Greenblatt

LoveTruthBrokenBelieveCareWay

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.

Ron Howard

TimeTryingLongLookLong Time

A lot of people who don't have anything collect dogs; it's kind of a symbol of having something.

Mary Ellen Mark

PeopleKindDogsAnythingSomething

I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself.

Mike Posner

MusicMyselfSucceedLearnRealize

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

Judy Woodruff

LovePoliticsBloodInvolvedEven

Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.

Dick Gephardt

FamilyPeopleHelpPlanBackWant

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