"Self-sufficiency and a contempt of the science and experience of others are too prevailing traits of character in this country."

- Alexander Hamilton

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

- Alexander Hamilton

"Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything."

- Alexander Hamilton

"Bestowing representation on the basis of equal representation rather than population contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority must prevail."

- Alexander Hamilton

"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism."

- Alexander Hamilton