“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“The constitution shall never be construed…to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804