A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政府
Government
The king reigns, but does not govern.
国王统治，但不统治。
You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
你不交税，他们收税。
When great questions end, little parties begin.
当伟大的问题结束时，小聚会就开始了。
A man without a vote is man without protection.
没有投票权的人就是没有保护的人。
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
官僚主义是俾格米人操纵的巨大机制。
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.
我们的主要责任是不要把口号错当成解决方案。
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
有争议的提议一旦被接受，很快就会变得神圣。
No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.
没有男人好到不经女人同意就支配她的地步。
The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
最重要的政治职务是普通公民的职务。
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
在缺乏正义的情况下，什么是主权而不是有组织的抢劫?
When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.
当上帝召唤你回家时，你不应该回家。
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
只有当一个国家是诚实的、诚实的、有道德的时候，这个国家的生命才是安全的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I believe the greatest asset a Head of State can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
我相信，一个国家元首所能拥有的最大财富就是能够睡个好觉。
I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.
我现在要证明的是，墨西哥人完全没有能力自治，只要我们与他们联系在一起，我们的自由、我们的财富和我们的生活就没有保障。
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
那些管理着大量事务的人通常不喜欢考虑和执行新项目。因此，最好的公共措施很少从以前的智慧中采取，而是因势利导。
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
每个社会都会受到应有的惩罚。同样真实的是，每个社区都得到了它所坚持的那种执法。
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
一个私人家庭的烦恼并不比管理整个国家的烦恼少多少。
I was with you in the days of glory. At the head of the Government, I shall remain with you during the days of darkness. Stay by my side.
我在荣耀的日子，与你们同在。我将在黑暗的日子里，与你同在。留在我身边。