Alexander Hamilton Quotes About Authority

• It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  War, Authority, Increase

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2014). “The Federalist Papers”, p.33, Courier Corporation

• The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!

  Alexander Hamilton

  Gobierno, Derecho, Libertad

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). "Las obras de Alexander Hamilton: Comprendiendo su Correspondencia y sus Escritos Políticos y Oficiales, Excluyendo los Federalistas, Civiles y Militares. Published from the Original Manuscripts Deposited in the Department of State, by Order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress", p. 164.

• Si el gobierno federal sobrepasa los límites justos de su autoridad y hace un uso tiránico de sus poderes, el pueblo, cuya criatura es, debe apelar a la norma que se ha formado, y tomar las medidas para reparar el daño hecho a la Constitución que la exigencia sugiera y la prudencia justifique.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Gobierno, Gente, Uso

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). "El Federalista, sobre la Nueva Constitución, escrito en el año 1788", p.144

• [Todo acto de una autoridad delegada, contrario al tenor de la comisión en virtud de la cual se ejerce, es nulo. Por lo tanto, ningún acto legislativo contrario a la Constitución puede ser válido. Negar esto sería afirmar que el delegado es superior a su superior; que el siervo está por encima de su amo; que los representantes del pueblo son superiores al pueblo mismo; que los hombres que actúan en virtud de poderes pueden hacer no sólo lo que sus poderes no autorizan, sino lo que éstos prohíben.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Hombres, Gente, Actuación

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). "The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers", p.145, Rowman & Littlefield

• It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Gobierno, Política, Libertad

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.151, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be happy, regular and durable.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Ejercicio, Pensamiento, Gobierno

• La completa independencia de los tribunales de justicia es particularmente esencial en una Constitución limitada. Por Constitución limitada entiendo aquella que contiene ciertas excepciones especificadas a la autoridad legislativa. Las limitaciones de este tipo no pueden preservarse en la práctica de otro modo que a través de los tribunales de justicia, cuyo deber debe ser declarar nulos todos los actos contrarios al tenor manifiesto de la Constitución. Sin ello, todas las reservas de derechos o privilegios particulares quedarían en nada.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Derechos, Práctica, Justicia

  The Federalist Papers, nº 78 ("El Departamento Judicial"), www.congress.gov. 28 de mayo de 1788.

• The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  People, Fabric, Empires

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2003). “The Federalist: With Letters of Brutus”, p.106, Cambridge University Press

• Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least authority to command or exact obedience from him, except that which arose from the ties of consanguinity.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Men, Ties, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton (1842). “The Official and Other Papers ...”, p.76

• No hay posición que dependa de principios más claros que el de que todo acto de una autoridad delegada, contrario a la comisión en virtud de la cual se ejerce, es nulo. Por lo tanto, ningún acto legislativo contrario a la Constitución puede ser válido.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Principios, Nulidad, Constitución

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2004). "The Federalist Papers", p.556, Simon and Schuster

• Los estados tienen autoridad para interpretar la Constitución, hacerla cumplir y proteger al pueblo de las violaciones de la misma por parte del gobierno federal En primer lugar, no hay ni una sílaba en el plan que nos ocupa que faculte directamente a los tribunales nacionales para interpretar las leyes de acuerdo con el espíritu de la Constitución, o que les otorgue mayor latitud a este respecto que la que puedan reclamar los tribunales de cada Estado.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Derecho, Gobierno, Donación

• In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make and execute the laws with rigour, than to guarding against encroachments upon the rights of the community. As too much power leads to despotism, too little leads to anarchy, and both eventually to the ruin of the people.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Rights, Government

  Alexander Hamilton (1961). “1779-1781”

• The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition to tyranny and oppression, very naturally leads them to a contempt and disregard of all authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Passion, Human Nature, Fit

  Alexander Hamilton, Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark (2006). “Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder”, p.100, Rowman & Littlefield

• The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of a confederacy, will at all times be ready, with perfect good humor, and an unbiased regard to the public weal, to execute the resolutions of decrees of the general authority." "This tendency is not difficult to be accounted for," Publius argues, "It has its origin in the love of power.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Perfect, Unbiased, Administration

• Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their official existence.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Men, Office, Peculiar

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.109, Coventry House Publishing

• El hombre es un animal de costumbres. Una cosa que raramente golpea sus sentidos, generalmente tendrá poca influencia sobre su mente. Difícilmente puede esperarse que un gobierno continuamente alejado y fuera de la vista interese las sensaciones del pueblo. La deducción es que la autoridad de la Unión, y el afecto de los ciudadanos hacia ella, se verán fortalecidos en lugar de debilitados por su extensión a lo que se llama asuntos de interés interno.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Distancia, Hombres, Vista

  Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison (2018). "Los documentos fundacionales de Estados Unidos: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights", p.195, Ediciones Primera Avenida.

• La idea de restringir la autoridad legislativa, en los medios de proveer a la defensa nacional, es uno de esos refinamientos que deben su origen a un celo por la libertad más ardiente que ilustrado.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Mean, Ideas, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.140, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the land and naval forces, as first general and admiral ... while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies - all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Kings, War, Army

  Alexander Hamilton (1847). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution ... by A. Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. With an Appendix Containing the Letters of Pacificus (A. Hamilton) and Helvidius (J. Madison), on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; the Original Articles of Confederation ... Sixth Edition, Etc”, p.278

• Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  War, Exercise, Government

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2007). “The Federalist Papers”, p.565, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

• There can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community in any matter essential to the formation, direction, or support of the NATIONAL FORCES.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Support, Community, Essentials

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.112, Coventry House Publishing

• Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full exercise of the largest constitutional authorities.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Exercise, Constitution, Assumption

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1831). “The Federalist on the New Constitution”, p.98

• The experience of past ages may inform us, that when the circumstances of a people render them distressed, their rulers generally recur to severe, cruel, and oppressive measures. Instead of endeavoring to establish their authority in the affection of their subjects, they think they have no security but in their fear.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Pasado, Pensamiento, Gente

  Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton (1850). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc”, p.50

• Confieso que no logro descubrir qué tentación podrían sentir las personas encargadas de la administración del gobierno general para despojar a los Estados de las autoridades de esa descripción. La regulación de la mera policía doméstica de un Estado me parece que ofrece escasos atractivos a la ambición.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Ambition, Loss, Government

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States”, p.76

• If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.

  Alexander Hamilton

  May, Constitution, Compass

  Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank, 23 Feb. 1791

• The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far as its necessities might require.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Creating, Taxation

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2017). “The Federalist Papers (Including Declaration of Independence & United States Constitution): Written by the Founding Fathers in Favor of the Constitution – Arguments that Created the Modern America”, p.150, Madison & Adams Press

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