There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.
在我看来，没有哪句格言比这句格言更容易被误用，因此更需要阐明的是，大多数人的利益是判断是非的政治标准。