# Alexander Hamilton — The Conscience of a Conservative character guide

> Alexander Hamilton in The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-states-rights

## Who they are

Founding Father referenced in debates over federal power and constitutional interpretation.

## In the story

### [Freedom for the Farmer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/chapters/v-freedom-for-the-farmer)

Quoted from Federalist No. 17 to argue that federal intervention in agriculture was never intended and would prove 'troublesome.'

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