亚历山大·汉密尔顿（Alexander Hamilton， 1755 – 1804）， 是美国政治家、政治家、法律学者、军事指挥官、律师、银行家和经济学家。他是美国的开国元勋之一。他是美国宪法颇具影响力的解释者和推动者，也是美国金融体系、联邦党、美国海岸警卫队和《纽约邮报》的创始人。
作为第一任财政部长，汉密尔顿是乔治·华盛顿政府经济政策的主要制定者。他领导联邦政府为各州债务提供资金，建立了美国最早的两家事实上的中央银行——北美银行和美国第一银行，建立了关税体系，并与英国建立了友好的贸易关系。他的愿景包括一个由充满活力的行政部门领导的强大的中央政府、强大的商业经济、政府控制的银行、对制造业的支持和强大的军队。
英汉智慧语录 English and Chinese Brainy Quotes
Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many
把权力交给多数人，他们必欺压少数人。把权力交给少数人，他们必欺压多数人。
However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.
无论我们的国家多么弱小，我希望我们永远不要牺牲我们的自由。
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government。
当一个政府背叛人民，积聚了太多的权力，变得残暴时，人民别无选择，只能行使他们最初的自卫权——对抗政府。
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing。
真正的坚定对任何事情都有好处; 趾高气扬毫无用处。
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
人们的声音一直被说成是上帝的声音; 无论这句格言被广为引用和相信，它都不是事实。人们动荡不安，变化多端，他们很少做出正确的判断和决定。
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
为什么要建立政府?因为人的激情不会不受约束地服从理性和正义的支配。
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
宪法应该只包括一般条款;原因是它们必须是永久的，它们无法计算事物可能发生的变化。
I think the first duty of society is justice.
我认为社会的首要职责是正义。
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
在建立一个由人管理人的政府时，最大的困难在于:你必须首先使政府能够控制被统治者; 其次，必须迫控制自己本身。
