Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

  • -- David Hume 大卫休姆

没有什么比多数人容易被少数人控制更令人惊讶的了。

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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

说社会应该由最聪明、最优秀的人的意见来统治,虽然这是真的,但毫无用处。谁的意见决定谁是最聪明和最好的?

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.

我们与印第安人的关系主要是由条约和贸易,或战争和征服所支配的。