The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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About Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a 18th-century American founding father. Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of George Washington. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination