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.
Hamilton, Alexander. "From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 18 August 1792." The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, edited by Harold C. Syrett, vol. 12, Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 237.
Executed by the English for his part in the Easter Uprising.
He like others were very critical of Democracy and also of tyranny, but they had no positive solution as to what was acceptable.
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.
