Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

财产不是神圣的权利。富人变穷是一种不幸,而不是道德上的罪恶。当一个穷人变得贫困,这是一种道德上的罪恶,充满了后果,有害于社会和道德。

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Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

许多高智商的人缺乏思考能力。许多智力一般的人都是善于思考的人。汽车的动力与汽车的行驶方式是分开的。

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

没有受过任何政治训练就被任命为行政长官,这是我的幸运,也是我的不幸。

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.

道德不能建立在权威之上,即使权威是神圣的。

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

人类的财产,在道德上总是不公平的,已经成为国家的危险。

Misfortune is not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

不幸不是可以避免的,而是无法避免的。

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

一旦有人有了自己的想法,私有财产就开始了。

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

道德和权宜之计的重合超过了愤世嫉俗者所允许的。

We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.

穷人缺面包时,我们没有享受奢侈品的权利。