“Nope. Not even close. After writing this book, I’m convinced that Alexander Hamilton is one of the main reasons—maybe the reason—that we are the United States, not just some united states. He’s the reason that we do more in America than just plant cabbage and herd sheep. With astonishing foresight that eclipsed every other Founding Father’s—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, all of them—Hamilton envisioned the future of the United States. Then he made it happen.”