自由與民主名言
Quotes on Freedom and Democracy
▉"沒有比自由更美妙的,但是學習如何運用自由, 沒有比它更難的。"
"Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom."
Democracy in America, Alexix de Tocqueville
▉美國第二任總統,亞當斯,曾說: "民主總來無法持久。它馬上把自己消耗掉、摧殘掉。從來沒有一個民主不自殺的。"
John Adams, America's second president, once pronounced that "democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did ot commit suicide"
"What's gone wrong with democracy", The Economist, March 1, 2014
個人淺見是:
1.他顯然錯了。
2.他的警惕使開國元勳戒慎恐懼,採取許多預防措施。所以美國民主延續至今。
3.美國的民主是個混合體,並非民主原型。所以才能活到今天。
4.希望他所說,不要在數百年後延遲實現。
林中斌 2015.1.14