the people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a ** without newspapers of newspapers without a **, 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，然后作出正确的判断。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 杰斐逊.t.)
the tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins. (soren kierkegaard, danish religious philowopher)
暴君死了，他统治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。(丹麦宗教哲学家 基尔克戈德.s.)
to be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of 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9 7 3 12 4 8 :
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