Lee Kwan Yew in Singapore and Mao Zedong and Deng in China gained their peoples’ trust as founders and initial reformers. But that trust dissipates; succeeding generations of leaders do not inherit it completely, and must earn it.
新加坡的李光耀和中国的毛泽东和邓小平均以开国领袖和改革家获得了人民的信任。但这一信任会消散；后继领导人无法完整继承这种信任，而需要靠自己争取。这就是他们必须留心历史教训的最重要原因。