3 Alexander Hamilton Quotes on Reality

Alexander Hamilton quotes on reality

9. I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

39. I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union to the jeopardy of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan. I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound, as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom, of the individuals of whom they are composed.

63. We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.