When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

当你解除你的臣民的武装时,你冒犯了他们,因为你表现出的要么是因为怯懦,要么是因为缺乏信仰,你不信任他们;任何一个结论都会让他们恨你。

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Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

政治是一种信仰的行为;你必须对公众的智力和道德能力表现出某种信心。

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

恐惧与懦弱无关。一个人只有在他的恐惧使他放弃时,他才会胆怯。

Faith is often the boast of the man  who is too lazy to investigate.

信心常是懒惰而不愿考察的人所夸耀的。

A coward often deals a mortal blow to the brave.

懦夫常给勇敢者致命的一击。