During the authoritarian era of the "strongman" regime, the leader's ideals and actions could affect, for better or worse, the fate of the nation and of millions of its citizens. In such an era, a leader's decisions must fit the times, or, even better, be a step ahead of the times.
在過去的強人時代，國家領袖的信念和行動，確實可以影響國家的命運與其千萬子民的生活；而睿智的決策，一定是反映時代、甚至最好是領導時代、先時代而行的。