The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

普通人不想要自由。他只是想要安全。

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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

我是一个保守主义者。有时候,保守派忘记了我们应该节约,节约,高效。此外,我们对其他能源的依赖正使我们的国家变得不独立,变得非常脆弱。所以这是一个安全问题。

I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction.

我把毁灭国家的人命名为:安逸、富足和安全——从这些东西中滋生出一种无聊而懒散的玩世不恭,在这种玩世不恭中,对现实世界的反叛,以及对自我的反叛,都淹没在无精打采的自我满足之中。

The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another's state of consciousness.

一个人在灵性的阶梯上爬得越高,他就会给别人更多的自由,并且对别人的意识状态给予更少的干涉。

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

如果一部电影很聪明,文笔很好,这就是你作为导演的自由。