Alexander Hamilton Quotes
[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.
Hamilton, Alexander. "Speech to the New York Ratifying Convention, 20 June 1788." The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 2, edited by Jonathan Elliot, J. B. Lippincott, 1836, p. 306.
At the height of his professional career, this Hall of Famer enlisted in the WWII Navy and was an anti-aircraft gunner and fought in the Pacific.
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See Noah Webster and Timothy Pickering for similar positions. The War of 1812 was very unpopular with the New England states. They had the most developed trade with England and were economically injured by the curtailment of that trade. The citizens of Essex wanted to give the State Legislature the most possible moral and political power to negotiate an end to the war.
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Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of George Washington's administration. He took the lead in the federal government's funding of the states' debts, as well as establishing the nation's first two de facto central banks, the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch, a strong commercial economy, government-controlled banks, support for manufacturing, and a strong military.
