Political leadership – and the men and women who exercise it – can make a real difference, for better or worse. Merkel is today’s leading example of that, as she provides the direction Europe needs to tackle the challenging existential crisis that it faces.
我认为马克思和托尔斯泰是错的。政治领袖——政治权力的行使者——可以改变局势，无论变得更好还是更糟。默克尔是今天最明显的例子，她为欧洲应对高难度的生存危机指明了方向。