Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

  • -- William Proxmire 威廉·普罗克斯迈尔

权力总是要受到控制;秘密行使权力,尤其是在国家安全的掩护下,是加倍危险的。

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The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck.

签证抽签制度对国家安全构成了威胁。根据该计划,每个成功的申请人都是随机挑选的,并根据纯粹的运气获得永久居民身份。

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

一旦一个国家放弃了对其信用的控制,谁来制定法律就不重要了。