单词 | government |
释义 | government gʌvəʳnmənt ˈɡʌvənmənt ˈgʌvərnmənt ˌgʌvərmənt Word forms: plural governments
SYN administration, executive, ministry, regime
SYN rule, state, law, authority Usage Note :
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom Reflections on the Revolution in France As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation for it The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler Analects In the long run every government is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and their unwisdom Past and Present Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness Buchanan Dying All government is evil, and the parent of evil ... The best government is that which governs least It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most A Preface to Politics Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one Common Sense Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survives Why England Slept Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the few First Principles of Government The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people The Wealth of Nations Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them Speaking My Mind When, in countries that are called civilized, you see age going to the workhouse and youth to the gallows, something must be wrong in the system of government The Rights of Man View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years |
随便看 |
英汉双解词典包含141091条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。