A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

  • -- Marlene Dietrich 玛琳·迪特里希

一个认识到自己无能的国王,可以委托别人代劳,也可以退位。一个父亲什么都不能做。如果只有儿子能看到这种矛盾,他们就会理解这种困境。

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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.

我非常希望你不要退位,我认为你退位的事实会给全世界带来错误的印象,因为他们会说我本可以阻止这一切。

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.

国家获得权力…由于它对权力的贪得无厌,它无法放弃任何权力。国家从不退位。