"If the character of Washington fortified the new government, the genius of his secretary of treasury enabled it to function successfully….He had a keen and quick perception of means, and a steady eye on remote ends. He produced bold plans and definite policies where others had cautious notions and vague principles. When Congress was thinking of what the people would say, Hamilton told it and the people what it ought to do. He had untiring energy, and accepted responsibility with gusto."
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Samuel Elliot Morrison, The Oxford History of the American People (1964) p. 323
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (11 January 1755 or 1757 – 12 July 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the Father of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post.
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