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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

(1755 or 1757 – 1804) 1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington, Co-author of the Federalist Papers.

A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law.

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Men give me credit for genius; but all the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject on hand I study it profoundly.

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