Jefferson or Hamilton?

"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well born; the other, the mass of people...The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class...a permanent share in the government...they therefore will ever maintain good government."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"The small landowners are the most precious part of the state."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"It must be by this time evident to all men...that [the Article of Confederation] is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit...an entire change."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"The superiority...enjoyed by nations that have perfected a branch of industry and trade, constitutes a...formidable obstacle."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground- that all powers not delegated [given] to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, or the people..."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton

"I am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom."

• Jefferson
• Hamilton