2015年4月4日 星期六

權力腐化,更大權力更腐化,絕對權力絕對腐化

FateAndTheFuture:  權力就像毒品一樣,會令人上引的。像吸毒一樣,會越吸越多,不能自拔。權力也是一樣,一旦嘗試過,就永遠都不能放棄。任何權力都會腐化,更大的權力就更腐化,而絕對的權力就絕對腐化。
 
"It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters" -- Daniel Webster
 
憲法的主要目的,就是為人民防範統治者的好意。每個年代,每個歲月,都有充滿好意的人。他們都相信自己沒有任何私心,只是一心一意為人民謀福福利。當然,他們誠心做個好的統治者。但他們最終的目的就是要做統治者。
 
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government” -- Thomas Jefferson
 
人民的兩大適人就是,無法無天的人,和政府。