Those structures are gone forever, but a liberal-democratic order cannot succeed through situational politics built on popular resentments. It requires a sense of the medium term and a commitment to rational debate of issues, for one tradition that can be revived – that of enlightened thinking – is the most important of all.
现有的党派急切需要重新获得民众的支持。要取得成功，必须要有明确的行动纲领和正直的机构组织，并且要理解已失去传统结构的社会所关心的问题。这些结构已经一去不复返，但是开明、民主的社会秩序不可能通过建立在大众不满情绪上的机会政治实现，而是需要长远的眼光，以及理性思辨的原则，因为一种可以复兴的传统——即文明思考的传统——是最重要的。