“Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.”
From Obscurity to Eminence: The Improbable Rise Few figures in American history embody the concept of a self-made man more completely than Alexander Hamilton. His story does not begin in the stately manors of Virginia or the bustling townships of Massachusetts, but on the small Caribbean island of Nevis. Born out of wedlock in 1755 … Read more