孟德斯鳩
法國啟蒙思想家
In a state, the liberty of one citizen is the liberty of all.
在一個(gè)國家中，一個(gè)公民的自由就是所有人的自由。
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
行政的崇高在于知道在不同場合應(yīng)該施加的適當(dāng)權(quán)力程度。
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
從事物的本質(zhì)來看，權(quán)力必須制約權(quán)力。
The political liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety.
臣民的政治自由是每個(gè)人對自己安全感的平靜心態(tài)。
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things.
法律，在其最一般的意義上，是事物本質(zhì)產(chǎn)生的必要關(guān)系。
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
The love of democracy is that of equality.
對民主的愛就是對平等的愛。
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
自由是做法律允許的事情的權(quán)利。
The less men think, the more they talk.
人們思考得越少，他們說得越多。
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
在社會(huì)的初期，國家的首領(lǐng)塑造其制度；后來，制度塑造國家的首領(lǐng)。