AlexanderHamiltonSpeaks

The controversial founder's own views on liberty, representative government, monarchy, money, taxation, and his much-maligned reputation. Also citations of Hamilton in the press today.

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This blogger runs both "Alexander Hamilton Speaks" and "Thomas Jefferson Speaks" on blogspot.com. Both blogs present opinions & ideas of these Founders which are probably not familiar to many Americans.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Commentary

Hamilton’s reservations about the masses and [his] advocacy of energetic government are softened by generous and sincere pronouncements on behalf of reason and humanity

Peter Gay, The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom (p. 560).