There's a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than we had in the past.But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past.
人们往往认为,现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
The most successful modern states are those that have been able to combine a strong state with the rule of law and democratic accountability.