The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

  • -- Mark Skousen 马克·史库森

说服战胜武力是文明社会的标志。

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Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns.

电视并不因为人们粗俗而粗俗;这是粗俗的,因为人们在他们的好色的利益上是相似的,在他们的文明的关注上是截然不同的。

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

战争荒谬而可怕的地方在于,那些没有个人恩怨的人应该被训练成冷血地自相残杀。

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

除非我们买书的钱比买口香糖的钱还多,否则我们永远不会成为一个文明的国家。

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

如果战斗中没有危险,胜利中就没有荣耀。

History is a symptom of our disease.

历史是我们疾病的症状。