If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

当没有人相信你时，你必须相信自己。

The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.