the people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, i should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (thomas jefferson, american president)
人民是完全可以信 赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我 们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。(美 国总统 杰斐逊.t.)
the tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins. (soren kierkegaard, danish religious philowopher)
暴君死了，他统 治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。(丹麦宗教哲学家 基尔克戈德.s.)
there is something behind the throne greater than the king him-self. (william pitt, british statesman)
在王座的后面还有比国王本人更伟大东西。(英国政治家 皮特.w.)
to be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people. (junius, unidentified letter writer)
要了解政府的政绩只需要观察民情。(国 籍不明书信代理人 朱尼厄斯)
to know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasure, we must go to those who are seeking it :the pains of power is real, its pleasures imaginary. (c.colton charles, british churchman)
欲知权力带来的痛苦，去问那些当权者；欲知权力带来的乐趣，去问那些追逐权势者：权力 带来的痛苦是真实的，而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。(英国牧师 查尔 斯.c.c.)
too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. (oliver goldsimith, british poet)
过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。(英国诗人 哥尔德斯密斯.o.)
we need in politics man who have something to give, not men who have something to get. (bernard baruch, averican economist)
在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人，而不是想 有所收获的人。(美国经济学家 巴鲁克.b.)
when a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (thomas jefferson, american president)
当一个人受到公众信任时，他就应该把自己看作公众的财产。(美国总统 杰 斐逊.t.)
when society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. (john stuart mill, baritish economist)
当社会需要 重建时，试图墨守旧的蓝图重建它是徒劳无益的。(英国经济学家 穆勒.j.s.)
