バーク『フランス革命の省察』(103)【最終回】手本とすべきは英国国制
To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind. (政府を作るのに、慎重さは大して必要ありません。権力の座に就き、服従を学ばせれば終わりです。自由を与えることは、ずっと簡単です。指導する必要はありません。必要なのはただ手綱(たずな)を放すことだけです。しかし、自由な政府を形成する、すなわち、これら自由と抑制の相反する要素を加減調整し、1つの首尾一貫した作品にするためには、熟考、沈思、賢明で力強い結合精神が必要なのです)― cf. 半澤訳、 p. 311 The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental. Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own. In the former they have got an invaluable treasure. They are not, I think, without some ca...