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America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian
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America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian

By Richard M. Salsman

Feb 21, 2017
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Hamilton is a great man, but, in my judgment, not a great American. —U.S. President-elect Woodrow Wilson, Democrat (1912)1

When America ceases to remember [Hamilton’s] greatness, America will be no longer great. —U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, Republican (1922)2

America at her best loves liberty and respects rights, prizes individualism, eschews racism, di…

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