Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

由于权力腐败,社会对道德权威和品格的要求随着职位的重要性增加而增加。

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Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

暴行是人类的本性——他们没有政治信仰、肤色、信条或诸如此类的东西。他们只是发生了,这是人。

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

你的习惯是怎样的思想,你的性格也将是怎样的;因为灵魂被思想所染。

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

权威完全有理由害怕怀疑论者,因为权威很少能在怀疑面前生存。

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

在释放政治犯的问题上,我从来没有想过要让步。

The character of a person is known by the way he spends his time when he has nothing to do.

一个人的性格可以从他无事可做时的打发时间来判断。

Authority is never without hate.

权威从来不是没有仇恨的。