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.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

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。

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The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level.

从理论上讲,不受限制地发展权力和对其他国家发动战争的权利是反社会的,而且是双重危险的,因为国家作为一个集体实体代表着低的道德和智力水平。

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.

说我们双方都同意强迫,并不是说我们必须享受强迫,甚至假装享受强迫。

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

我建议的唯一一种强制是相互强制,由受影响的大多数人共同同意。

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

信仰和怀疑不能同时存在于一个人的头脑中,因为一个会驱散另一个。

Get up against the wall I'm about to do dirty things to you.

我要对你做一些卑鄙的事。

When in doubt wear red.

不确定的时候穿红色。