Interesting face. He was a brilliant, and flawed man, but...he did the right thing for our country at a time when it was needed.
He is not loved by many Freepers, but I feel pretty secure in saying he would be horrified at the way our government is being run.
As he argued so pervasively in The Federalist Papers for his point of view on government (he was the major contributor) on a strong federal government, but this government would be a monstrosity in his eyes.
wasn’t the national bank also his really bad idea?
That is a certainty.
Unfortunately, there's no shortage of both shallow hit pieces on AH and soaring, angelic praise for Jefferson. As you say, all men are flawed. Both of them had strengths and weaknesses. Both advanced the cause of republican freedom when a failing nation needed them.
“I feel pretty secure in saying he would be horrified at the way our government is being run. “
Actually, he was all for what we have today with the Federal Reserve, Income Taxes, and other central and invasive federal government.
Hamilton was no friend of individual rights.