What we have learned from recent years’ experience – what we should have known all along – is that the supremacy of critical thought in political dis­course cannot be taken for granted. It can be ensured only by an electorate that respects reality and punishes politicians who lie or engage in other forms of deception.
现在就是开始这一努力的绝佳时机。美国人正好像从一个恶梦中清醒。从近几年的经历中我们知道了政治对话中思辩的最高地位不是理所当然得到的。我们早就应该知道这一点。只有尊重事实并且惩罚撒谎或者进行其他欺骗的政坛人物的选民才能够做到这一点。