Hamilton (2020) Quotes

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.