(二月廿九日)
Alex ander Hamilton knew "The government could not stand if its sole basis was the Platonic support of genial well-wishers. He knew that it had been created in response to interested demands and not out of any fine-spun theories of political science."
——Charles Beard
〔中译〕
亚历山大·汉密尔顿知道,“倘若政府唯一之基础,只是那些温和的、好心肠的人所给予的柏拉图式之支持,那么,政府将会垮台。他也知道,政府之建立,决不是靠任何精雕细琢之政治学理论;政府须对有利益关系之要求作出反应”。
——查理·比尔德