Henry Cabot Lodge: “But what I particularly object to is the holding out of delusive expectations to those concerned in manufactures....”

No man of that time, with the exception of Hamilton, ever grasped and realized as he did the imperial future which stretched before the United States.

He flung aside the suggestion of supreme power, not simply as dishonorable and unpatriotic, but because such a result would have defeated the one great and noble object at which he aimed.

It is a hard thing to beat an opposing army, but it is equally hard to bring human jealousies and ambitions into the narrow path of self-sacrifice and subordination.

To put aside a crown for love of country is noble, but to look down upon such an opportunity indicates a much greater loftiness and strength of mind.