But a look at the record shows that democracies possess more effective weapons to fight terror than do authoritarian regimes. Indeed, it is when democracies abandon their ethics and fail to resist the authoritarian temptation that they become weaker.
但认真研究一下从前的记录，就会发现民主国家比独裁政权拥有对抗恐怖的更为有效的武器。实际上，民主国家放弃道德、未能抵御住独裁诱惑之时，他们的力量才会削弱。