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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1757 - July 12, 1804) was one of the most important, and most conservative and nationalistic, of the Founding Fathers of the United States. After wartime service as chief of staff to General George Washington, he became a leading lawyer in New York. He called for a strong new constitution to replace the weak national government, and in 1788 he wrote half the Federalist Papers, which mobilized supporters of the Constitution and continues to be the single most influential interpretation of republicanism and what the Constitution means. He was a leading intellectual of his time, and the driving force of the Washington Administration that shaped the young nation.

Be armed...

Thu, 10/13/2011 - 1:14pm — DaveL

"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."

— Alexander Hamilton

Liberty and the judiciary

Thu, 01/21/2010 - 9:42am — DaveL

"... liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have every thing to fear from its union with either of the other departments;"

— Alexander Hamilton

Curing an ill administration

Sun, 12/20/2009 - 10:54am — mainwebguy

The natural cure for an ill administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

— Alexander Hamilton

Federalist No. 21, December 12, 1787