History Quotes / Hamilton

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* "Let me tell you what I wish I'd known, when I was young and dreamed of glory: you have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story?"

* "Raise a glass to freedom." This line starts out as rebellious and idealistic, but it becomes jaded and bittersweet by the end of the musical. It's always associated with Hamilton's friends and also serves as the titular character's [[FamousLastWords own last words]] before being shot in the song "The World was Wide Enough."

** "How do you write like you're running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time? Ev’ry day you fight like you’re running out of time? Like you’re running out of time? Are you running out of time?"

* All of Burr's questioning verses toward Hamilton during "Non-Stop" qualify:
** "Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? Soon that attitude may be your doom!"

Hamilton is full of many meaningful, awesome, and/or insightful lines throughout, to the point where we could probably quote the entire thing. However, seeing as we don't want to write an essay and a half (unlike [[{{Workaholic}} Hamilton]]), here are a few of the best.

** "Why do you always say what you believe? Why do you always say what you believe? Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies!"

* "How do you write like you're running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time? Ev’ry day you fight like you’re running out of time? Like you’re running out of time? Are you running out of time?"

* "Raise a glass to freedom." This line starts out as rebellious and idealistic, but it becomes jaded and bittersweet by the end of the musical. It's always associated with Hamilton's friends and also serves as the titular character's own last words before being shot in the song "The World was Wide Enough."

* "I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind. If I tell her that I love him she'll be silently resigned. He'd be mine; she woukd say 'I'm fine,' she'd be lying!" -One of Angelica's reasons why she didn't pursue Hamilton herself.

* "Let me tell you what I wish I'd known, when I was young and dreamed of glory: you have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story?"

* "I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind. If I tell her that I love him she'll be silently resigned. He'd be mine; she'll say 'I'm fine,' she'd be lying!" -One of Angelica's reasons why she didn't pursue Hamilton herself, showing her selfless nature.
* “If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?”
* "And if there's a reason I'm still alive when so many have died, then I'm willing to wait for it"
* "Immigrants: We get the job done!"
* “I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately smashin’ every expectation. Every action’s an act of creation! I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow. For the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow.”
* "I am the one thing in life. I can control. I am inimitable. I am an original."

* "Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?"

* "There’s a million things I haven’t done, just you wait."

* "I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind. If I tell her that I love him she'll be silently resigned. He'd be mine; she'll say 'I'm fine,' she'd be lying." -One of Angelica's reasons why she didn't pursue Hamilton herself, showing her selfless nature.

Hamilton is full of many meaningful, awesome, and/or insightful lines throughout, to the point where we could probably quote the entire thing. However, seeing as we don't want to write an essay and a half (unlike Hamilton), here are a few of the best.

Hamilton is full of many meaningful, awesome, and/or insightful lines throughout, to the point where we could probably quote the entire thing. However, seeing as we don't want to write an essay and a half, here are a few of the best.

* "Raise a glass to freedom." This line starts out as rebellious and idealistic, but it becomes jaded and bittersweet by the end of the musical.

* "But when you’re gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame?"