If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

如果自由意味着什么,那就是告诉人们他们不想听的话的权利。

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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

管弦乐队有两条黄金法则:一起开始,一起结束。公众根本不关心这中间发生了什么。

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

把我们从官僚主义中拯救出来的唯一办法就是效率低下。一个有效率的官僚机构是对自由的最大威胁。

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

任何形式的自由很少会突然丧失。