The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton (author)
- Joyce Oldham Appleby (foreword)
- Richard B. Vernier (editor)
This is a comprehensive collection of Hamilton’s early writings, from the period before and during the Revolutionary War, and includes The Continentalist, lettters by Publius, and Remarks on the Quebec Bill.
Key Quotes
Taxation
Under the auspices of tyranny the life of the subject is often sported with, and the fruits of his daily toil are consumed in oppressive taxes, that serve to gratify the ambition, avarice, and lusts of his superiors. Every court minion riots in the spoils of the honest laborer, and despises the…