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：权力带来的痛苦是真实的，而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。(英国牧师查尔斯.C.C.)

Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. (Oliver Goldsimith, British poet)
过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。(英国诗人 哥尔德斯密斯.O.)
We need in politics man who have something to give, not men who have something to get. (Bernard Baruch, Averican economist)
在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人，而不是想有所收获的人。(美国经济学家巴鲁克.B.)

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (Thomas Jefferson, American President)
当一个人受到公众信任时，他就应该把自己看作公众的财产。(美国总统杰斐逊.T.)

When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. (John Stuart Mill, BAritish economist)
当社会需要重建时，试图墨守旧的蓝图重建它是徒劳无益的。(英国经济学家穆勒.J.S.)