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。
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任，你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确，有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
惩罚是立法者手中预防犯罪的最后和最不有效的工具。
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
把我们从官僚主义中拯救出来的唯一办法就是效率低下。一个有效率的官僚机构是对自由的最大威胁。
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。