What did Alexander Hamilton mean by: The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws. Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA Copy
+ Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Governance, Mankind, Passions, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Government, Neutrality, Observation, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Federalism, Justice, Tyranny, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ Here sir, the people govern. Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Democracy, Governance, Power, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Nature, Principle, Self-preservation, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Deception, Humanity, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Excesses, Passions, Revolution, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
+ Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Hamilton, Communication, Self-importance, Strength, 0 Alexander Hamilton Founding Father of the United States · USA
The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter. Francois Delsarte Musician · France
If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius. Michelangelo Artist · Italy
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius. Washington Allston Painter · USA
How can the arts overcome the slow dying of men’s hearts that we call progress ? William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
