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。
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 know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take the power from them, but to inform them by education.
除了人，我不知道还有什么能安全储存社会的终极力量。如果我们认为他们不够开明，补救措施不是剥夺他们的权力，而是通过教育来告知他们。
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。
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。
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.
不要因对我们的诬告而偏离我们的职责，也不要因对我们自己的毁灭或地牢的威胁而害怕。
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。