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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

由于权力腐败，社会对道德权威和品格的要求随着职位的重要性增加而增加。

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Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

权威是我们不断从它身上减去的东西，它总有残余，我们试图把它变得越来越小。

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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

这是否意味着我拒绝一切权威?打消念头。在靴子的问题上，我听从制鞋商的权威。

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A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

小丑的化妆和角色，这就是他所要推销的。他喜欢并相信那个角色。

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I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

在我的政治生涯中，我遇到过很多敌人，但没有一个我能记得的敌人。

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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

品格几乎可以说是最有效的说服手段。

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Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

听着，这份工作一直是冲突的熔炉。

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