I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I am not throwing away my shot.

Alexander Hamilton

Quoted in Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Topic

Ambition

Speaker

Alexander Hamilton

Author

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Source

My Shot Hamilton

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Miranda, Lin-Manuel. "My Shot." Hamilton. Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, and Leslie Odom, Jr. 2015, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, act 1.

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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 1

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Topic
Populism Demagoguery Tyranny Decline of democracy Politics

Author

Alexander Hamilton
Source
Federalist 1 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 1: General Introduction." Independent Journal, 27 Oct. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. I: Deliberation on a new constitution--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.