QUOTATIONS

 

1. A people that values its priviledges above its principles soon loses both.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

一个视特权高于原则的民族即将既失原则,也失特权。

D. D. 艾森豪威尔

 

2. Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the mind of those who possess it.

W. Pit

 

无限的权力往往腐化掌权人的思想。

W. 皮特

 

3. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton

 

权力往往使人腐化,绝对的权力绝对地使人腐化。

阿克顿勋爵

 

4Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Thomas Jefferson

 

新闻自由、人人识字的地方,一切平安无事。

T. 杰弗逊

 

5Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit ----and man is his own gardener.

James Allen

 

好思想产生好果实,坏思想产生坏果实——而人是自己的园丁。

J. 艾伦

 

(原载《英语学习》,易草木译)