Alexander Hamilton Quotes

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Alexander Hamilton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

Jim Lovell

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We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.

Jo Brand

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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

John Adams

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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

John Barrymore

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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Anatole France

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I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.

St. Vincent

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A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it.

Roger B. Taney

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I am a writer. I suppose I think that the highest gift that man has is art, and I am audacious enough to think of myself as an artist - that there is both joy and beauty and illumination and communion between people to be achieved through the dissection of personality.

Lorraine Hansberry

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With poets, the choice of words is invariably more telling than the story line; that's why the best of them dread the thought of their biographies being written.

Joseph Brodsky

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For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Jonathan Ames

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I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.

Demian Bichir

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Most of the people I meet who are on unemployment are people who have had jobs for 25 years, lost them; they've been knocking on doors every week.

Chuck Schumer

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