A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

一位对我们的制度持严厉但并非不友好批评态度的人士表示,要想欣赏上院,唯一的办法就是去看看它。

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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

我理解开支危机对议会造成的损害,以及恢复人们对我们政治的信任的极端重要性。

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.

我坚信,人民和社会是最好的、最正确的批评家。

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

我们都知道议会是什么,我们都为它感到羞耻。

No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.

不,我从小就崇拜打冰球的人。

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

朋友是很多东西,但评论家不是。