A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

  • -- James A. Garfield 詹姆斯·加菲尔德

法律不是没有强制的法律。

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If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

如果对我采取胁迫手段的人能通过辩论使我达到他的目的,毫无疑问,他会的。他假装要惩罚我,因为他的论据很充分;但他真的惩罚了我,因为他的论点站不住脚。

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

大学不是用来强迫他人的媒介,而是用来自由交流思想的媒介。