It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

事物的永恒结构规定,有放纵思想的人不能自由。他们的激情锻造了他们的枷锁。

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And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others.

这是一种什么样的哲学学说呢?那就是数字赋予人们无限的权利,他们从某些人那里夺走对自己的一切权利,并把这些权利授予其他人。

Freedom is never given; it is won.

自由永远不会被给予;这是赢了。