Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

要使一个国家从最低的野蛮状态发展到最富裕的状态,除了和平、轻松的税收和可容忍的司法制度之外,没有什么别的必要条件:其余的一切都是由事物的自然进程所带来的。

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For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

就我个人而言,我向你们所有人作出这样的承诺:分裂的政治、东方与西方的对立、城市与农村的对立、地区与地区的对立、人民与人民的对立,在我的行政管理中都没有立足之地。

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

如果你不准备使用武力来保卫文明,那么就准备好接受野蛮。

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

虽然我没有商科学位,但我喜欢学习经济学。

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

一个人爱到什么程度就原谅什么程度。