Power tends to corrupt， and absolute power corrupts absolutely； great man is almost always bad man...There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
——Lord Acton， British historian
权力导致腐败，绝对权力绝对导致腐败。伟人几乎都不是完人……再也没有比神化掌权者更坏的异端邪说了。
——英国历史学家阿克顿爵士
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what one does not believe oneself
——A.Eban， Israel diplomat
政治宣传是劝说别人去相信自己不相信的东西的艺术。
——以色列外交家A.埃班
Pubic officers are the servants and agents of the people， to execute the laws， which the people have made.
——Crover Cleveland， American president
政府官员是人民的公仆和代理人，应执行人民制定的法律。
——美国总统C.克利夫兰
Since a politician never believes what he says， he is surprised when others believe him.
——Charles de Gaulle， French president
政客从来不相信自己说的话，所以，当别人相信他的话时，他必定会大吃一惊。
——法国总统C.戴高乐
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
——George Washington， American president
主持正义是政府最坚定的支柱。
——美国总统G.华盛顿
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
——Niccolo Machiavelli， Italian statesman
估计一个统治者的智力，第一个方法就是看看他身边的人。
——意大利政治家N.马基雅弗里
The government of the people， by the people， and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
——Abraham Lincoln， American president
民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。
——美国总统A.林肯
The greater the power， the more dangerous the abuse.
——Burke Edmund， British statesman
权力越大，滥用职权的危险就越大。
——英国政治家B.埃德蒙
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.
——George Bernard Shaw， British dramatist
最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。
——英国剧作家G.萧伯纳
The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which has always been the firmest prop of the Treasury.
——William Mckinley， American president
国会的最高职责是恢复始终是国家财政最坚实支柱的保护性立法，以制止财政赤字。
——美国总统W.麦金利
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false， and to forma correct judgment， Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government， I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
——Thomas Jefferson， American president
人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后做出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
——美国总统T.杰斐逊
The tyrant dies and his rule ends， the martyr dies and his rule begins.
——Soren Kierkegaard， Danish religious philosopher
暴君死了，他的统治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。
——丹麦宗教哲学家S.基尔克戈德
There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself.
——William Pitt， British statesman
在王座的后面还有比国王本人更伟大东西。
——英国政治家W.皮特
To be acquainted with the merit of ministry， we need only observe the conditionof the people.
——Junius， Unidentified letter writer
要了解政府的政绩只需要观察民情。
——国籍不明书信代理人朱尼厄斯
To know the pains of power， we must go to those who have it， to know its pleasure， we must go to those who are seeking it： the pains of power is real， its pleasures imaginary.
——C.Colton Charles， British churchman
欲知权力带来的痛苦，去问那些当权者；欲知权力带来的乐趣，去问那些追逐权势者：权力带来的痛苦是真实的，而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。
——英国牧师C. C.查尔斯
Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
——Oliver Goldsmith， British poet
过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。
——英国诗人O.哥尔德斯密斯
We need in politics man who have something to give， not men who have something to get.
——Bernard Baruch， American economist
在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人，而不是想有所收获的人。
——美国经济学家B.巴鲁克
When a man assumes a public trust， he should consider himself as public property.
——Thomas Jefferson， American president
当一个人受到公众信任时，他就应该把自己看作公众的财产。
——美国总统T.杰斐逊
When society requires to be rebuilt， there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan.
——John Stuart Mill， British economist
当社会需要重建时，试图墨守旧的蓝图重建是徒劳无益的。
——英国经济学家J. S.穆勒