One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.

  • -- Howard Zinn 霍华德·津恩

战争的一个必然后果是削弱言论自由。

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Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会;这也不仅仅是在既定的选择中进行选择的机会。首先,自由是形成可用选择的机会,是就这些选择进行辩论的机会,然后是做出选择的机会。

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

如果没有战争,就不会有伟大的将军;如果没有伟大的时刻,你就不会有伟大的政治家;如果林肯生活在和平时期,没有人会知道他的名字。

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

对于任何问题,直接使用武力都是一种糟糕的解决办法,通常只有小孩子和大国才使用武力。

Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.

把傲慢误认为自由一直是奴隶的特征。