We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我们学过阿克顿勋爵的格言:所有的权力都腐败,绝对的权力绝对腐败。当我开始写这些书的时候,我相信这一点,但现在我不再相信这一点了。权力并不总是腐败的。权力可以净化。我相信关于权力总是正确的是权力总是揭示。

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My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

我的梦想是成为一名作家,能够写出至少一本书供人们阅读。随着我的第一部小说的出版,这个梦想实现了——而其他的一切都是甜蜜的奖励。

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

每个人都是他自己的创造,是他自己思想和信仰的形象。每个人的想法和信仰都是如此。

Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

虽然我个人不相信主,但我尽量表现得好像他在观看。

Nothing Exposes our true self more than how we treat each other in the home.

没有什么比我们在家里如何对待彼此更能暴露我们真实的自我了。