未来最成功的社会将是那些能够将市场的效率和技术活力与国家提供的社会安全网和政治稳定结合起来的社会。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of man.
对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是人性中最具政治性的部分。
Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
The challenge for modern states is to maintain their legitimacy while also being effective in providing services and maintaining order.
现代国家的挑战是在提供服务和维护秩序的同时保持其合法性。
The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.
现代国家的特点是其能够以前现代国家无法做到的方式集中和使用权力。
The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.
现代时代最重要的政治发展是现代国家的崛起。
The strength of a state is not just its ability to coerce, but its ability to provide services and maintain legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.
一个国家的力量不仅仅是其强制能力，还包括其提供服务的能力以及在公民眼中保持合法性的能力。
The quality of a country's institutions is the single most important determinant of its long-term economic performance.
一个国家制度的质量是其长期经济表现的最重要决定因素。
The most successful societies in the world are those that have managed to create a balance between the state, the market, and civil society.
世界上最成功的社会是那些能够在国家、市场和公民社会之间创造平衡的社会。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the soul.