過度の受動性（受動的な態度）を避けることは教育上の課題である。・・・。残念ながら、権力者は、自らにとって都合が良いため、（国民が）受動的であることを好む。
To avoid too much passivity is an educational problem. ... Unfortunately the authorities like passivity because it is convenient.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Are we too passive? (written in Feb. 3, 1932 and published in Mortals and Others, v.1, 1975)
More info.： https://russell-j.com/PASSIVE.HTM
＜寸言＞
「過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし」です。国民の考えや感情は様々なので、政治家は、支持率を気にしながらも、結局は、たとえ数はそれほど多くない場合でも、自分（あるいは、自分達）の支持者（あるいは支持層）の考えや感情を最重要視します。
It is said that 'Too much is as bad as too little.' People's thoughts and feelings vary, so politicians, while paying attention to approval ratings, ultimately place the utmost importance on the thoughts and feelings of their supporters (or their support base), even if their numbers are not particularly large.
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