Whether or not they buy the reasoning behind it, many readers will think Mr Wolfe's call for active government is now merely pushing at an open door. 不管人们是否认同此书的推论,我相信,许多读者将会认为乌尔夫对强政府的吁求如今实现起来简直不费吹灰之力。
If the worst is avoided, the healthy popular hostility to a strong state that normally pervades democracies should reassert itself. 如果能够避免这次危机,对盛行于民主国家的强政府理念怀有有益的普遍敌意应予以重申。