Gulliver's Travels
What about government officials is Swift criticizing when he writes, "Again, Because it is a general Complaint that the Favourites of Princes are troubled with short and weak Memories . . ."?
Part 3
Part 3
Apparently the men favored by the political elite, Princes, quickly forget anything bad a Prince might have done in the past. There needs to be checks and balances by people with less to gain to remind these "favorites" about their real priorities