The ‘those who stand for nothing’ quote is misattributed to Hamilton.

Evidence

“Those who stand for nothing”: The maxim is commonly and mistakenly attributed to Alexander Hamilton. It was identified simply as “graffiti” by Reader’s Digest in 1922. Lila Bell Acheson Wallace and De Witt Wallace, The Reader’s Digest (Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, 1922), 77. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1075

Categorization

• CANDY: A fun trivia correction about a famous misattributed quote.