联邦党人

The powers delegated to the few must be defined and limited, and the means of their exercise enumerated.
授予少数人的权力必须被明确并有限制，行使这些权力的方式也必须列出。
A government of too much vigor will often do more injury than good.
过于强大的政府往往弊大于利。
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
必须通过竞争来抑制野心。
The people who are most deeply involved in any common cause are its best judges.
最关心共同事业的人们是其最佳评判者。
The danger of such a government is not that it may now and then be oppressive, but that it will tend to become oppressive.
这种政府的危险不在于它偶尔可能压迫，而在于它倾向于变得专制。
The accumulation of property gives an undue advantage to those who already have it.
财产的积累使那些已经拥有它的人获得了过分的优势。
Experience must be our only guide.
我们只能依赖经验作为指导。
A large and complex republic is unwieldy and full of intricacies.
庞大且复杂的共和国既难以管理又充满复杂性。
It is in vain for us to expect that men will ever act on maxims which are opposite to their self-love.
期待人们违背自我利益行事是没有用的。
To give an unbounded power is to place ourselves at the mercy of those to whom power is given.
赋予无限权力就是将自己置于受赐予者控制之下。