Liberal cycles, the historian Arthur Schlesinger thought, succumb to the corruption of power, conservative cycles to the corruption of money. Both have their characteristic benefits and costs.
.历史学家阿瑟·施莱辛格认为，自由主义周期屈从于权力的腐败，保守主义周期屈从于金钱的腐败。两者都有特有的好处和代价。