“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.
如果人是天使，就不需要政府了。如果天使要统治人类，那么就不需要对政府进行外部或内部控制。构筑人治的政府，最大的难点在于：首先要使政府能够控制被统治者；下一个地方，迫使它控制自己。
