They are practised politicians, every man of them, and skilled to adjust those preliminary measures which steal from the people, without its knowledge, the power of choosing its own rulers.

他们都是经验丰富的政治家， 他们中的每一个人， 都善于调整那些在人民不知情的情况下从人民那里窃取选择自己统治者的权力的初步措施。