Their fundamental difference was their judgment on human nature. Jefferson believed that people were basically good but sometimes do bad. Hamilton believed they were bad and sometimes did good.

It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly -because if they don't speak fast nobody will listen to them.

It's human nature to expect that the people that will respond early and faster will be the people that will more than likely be coming back. And we recognize that we haven't reached everyone but we reached enough people that we feel like the numbers are valid.

His works (taken together) are almost like a new edition of human nature.

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787 It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut.