Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

  • -- John Quincy Adams 约翰·昆西·亚当斯

把专制权力的萌芽扼杀在萌芽状态,这是唯一能够维护任何民族自由的格言。

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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

人民的声音据说是上帝的声音;而且,无论这句格言被引用和相信的程度有多普遍,它都不符合事实。人民是动荡多变的,他们很少判断或决定正确的。

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

正确理解和运用有价值的格言需要天才;一种至关重要的占用心智的活动,与最初创造它的人密切相关。