Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.

  • -- Tom G. Palmer 汤姆·G·帕尔默

自由主义者认为,正常的成年人没有权利把选择强加给其他正常的成年人,除非是在异常情况下,比如当一个人发现另一个人失去知觉,并管理医疗援助或呼叫救护车时。

相关名言

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

你的生活是你所有选择的总和,无论是有意识的还是无意识的。如果你能控制选择的过程,你就能控制生活的方方面面。你会发现自由来自于对自己的掌控。

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.

变化是生命的法则,因为没有两张脸是一样的,所以没有两个人是一样的,没有两个人在我们所知的疾病的异常情况下反应和行为是一样的。

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

当你的结果很好,你显然会有很多压力。当你开始动摇的时候,你会受到一些批评,这没有什么不正常的。

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

为什么社会只对儿童的教育负责,而不对所有年龄层的成年人的教育负责?

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

自由主义者所主张的只是,正常成年人之间的差异并不意味着不同的基本权利。

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

决定是一种根植于自由勇气中的风险。