In America it is just the reverse. Republicanism stands for vested rights, for imperialism, for graft, for the annihilation of every semblance of liberty. Its ideal is the oily, creepy respectability of a McKinley, and the brutal arrogance of a Roosevelt.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
CROTCHET. I suppose, Doctor, you do not like to see a great reformer in office; you are afraid for your vested interests.英文原著 · 《Crotchet Castle》
FOLLIOTT. Not I, indeed, sir; my vested interests are very safe from all such reformers as the learned friend. I vaticinate what will be the upshot of all his schemes of reform. He will make a speech of seven hours' duration, and this will be its quintessence: that, seeing the exceeding difficulty of putting salt on the bird's tail, it will be expedient to consider the best method of throwing dust in the bird's eyes. All the rest will be英文原著 · 《Crotchet Castle》
[Footnote b: In 1641 the General Assembly of Rhode Island unanimously declared that the government of the State was a democracy, and that the power was vested in the body of free citizens, who alone had the right to make the laws and to watch their execution. - Code of 1650, p.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
The people the source of all power here as elsewhere - Manages its own affairs - No corporation - The greater part of the authority vested in the hands of the Selectmen - How the Selectmen act - Town-meeting - Enumeration of the public officers of the township - Obligatory and remunerated functions.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
At other times they constitute a court of appeal for the decision of affairs. *j In the State of New York judicial penalties are less used than in other parts as a means of administration, and the right of prosecuting the offences of public officers is vested in fewer hands. *k The same tendency is faintly observable in some other States; *l but in general the prominent feature of the administration in the United States is its excessive local independence.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
But I have a real vested interest in how this meeting goes.美剧 · 《Billions》
By the power vested in me by one of those dumb websites, I now pronounce you married.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》