Alexander Hamilton Quotes

“Hamilton was, in many ways, the original embodiment of the American dream, the nation’s first truly self-made man, an immigrant who came to the new world as a teenager to better his condition in life and join the struggle for independence.”
― Michael W. Simmons, Alexander Hamilton: First Architect Of The American Government

“The spirit that breathes throughout is so rancorous, illiberal and imperious: The argumentative part of it so puerile and fallacious: The misrepresentations of facts so palpable and flagrant: The criticisms so illiterate, trifling and absurd: The conceits so low, sterile and splenetic, that I will venture to pronounce it one of the most ludicrous performances, which has been exhibited to public view, during all the present controversy.”
― Michael W. Simmons, Alexander Hamilton: First Architect Of The American Government

“Republican-controlled bank in the city. Plenty of Republicans were inherently suspicious of banks, but many would welcome the opportunity to use one that didn’t require them to get into bed with their political enemies.   Hamilton was infuriated when he realized how Burr had used him. Once the company had received its charter, it abandoned all pretense of providing the city with clean water, instead laying in a pipe system that transported the contaminated well water around the city. This incident perhaps marked the turning point in Hamilton’s relationship with Burr; friendly despite their political differences, the most famous duel in American history lay in their future, and only one of them would survive it.     The”
― Michael W. Simmons, Alexander Hamilton: First Architect Of The American Government