Alexander Hamilton Quotes

Alexander Hamilton: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory. Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev’ral feet ahead of me? I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be? There is no beat, no melody. Burr, my first friend, my enemy, maybe the last face I ever see. If I throw away my shot, is this how you remember me? What if this bullet is my legacy? Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see. I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me. America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me. You let me make a difference. A place where even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up. I’m running out of time. I’m running, and my time’s up. Wise up. Eyes up. I catch a glimpse of the other side. Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the other side. My son is on the other side. He’s with my mother on the other side. Washington is watching from the other side. Teach me how to say goodbye. Rise up, rise up, rise up! Eliza. My love, take your time. I’ll see you on the other side. Raise a glass to freedom…

Alexander Hamilton: Alright. So this is what you’re gonna do: Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you. When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air. This will put an end to the whole affair.

Philip Hamilton: But what if he decides to shoot? Then I’m a goner.

Alexander Hamilton: No. He’ll follow suit if he’s truly a man of honor. To take someone’s life, that is something you can’t shake.

Alexander Hamilton: Where is this happening?

Philip Hamilton: Across the river, in Jersey.

Alexander & Philip: Everything is legal in New Jersey…

Alexander Hamilton: I wrote my way out of hell. I wrote my way to revolution. I was louder than the crack in the bell. I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell. I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well. And in the face of ignorance and resistance, I wrote financial systems into existence. And when my prayers to God were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance.

Alexander Hamilton: When I was seventeen a hurricane destroyed my town. I didn’t drown. I couldn’t seem to die. I wrote my way out, wrote everything down far as I could see. I wrote my way out.

Alexander Hamilton: If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop. Where do we draw the line?

Alexander Hamilton: You must be out of your Godd*mn mind if you think the President is gonna bring the nation to the brink of meddling in the middle of a military mess, a game of chess, where France is Queen and Kingless. We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket. Would you like to take it out and ask it? “Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ head?” “Uh… do whatever you want, I’m super dead.”