08/31 名人論政治1
- 在政治裡,我們假設每個知道如何贏得選票的人,都知道如何治理一個城市或國家。當我們生病時,我們並不會去找最英俊、最有口才的醫生。(柏拉圖)
In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one. (Plato) - 我必須研究政治與戰爭,好使我的兒子有讀數學和哲學的自由;我的兒子必須研讀數學、哲學、幾何學、自然歷史、造船學、導航學、商業與農業,好使他們的兒女有權利研究繪畫、詩詞、音樂、建築、雕刻、織錦畫與陶磁。(約翰.亞當斯,美國第二任總統)
I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. (John Adams) - 沒有比通過一條無法執行的法律,更能毀壞一個政府的威信,以及法律的尊嚴了。(愛因斯坦)
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. (Albert Einstein) - 個人的品味,無法以法律來控制。(傑佛遜)
Taste cannot be controlled by law. (Thomas Jefferson)