Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

• 我们所依据的权威使我们深信，这种寄托于寡头政治的信任有时不免要被滥用，但这当然不应该仅仅视为一种僭取或暴政的手段。