Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

  • -- Frederic Bastiat 弗雷德里克·巴斯夏

生命、自由和财产的存在并不是因为人们制定了法律。相反,正是生命、自由和财产在此之前就已经存在,这一事实促使人们首先制定法律。

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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.

你说了一些,一些你宁愿忘记的事情,然后它们就出现了。这让我很焦虑,我不知道人们为什么对我感兴趣。如果我能随心所欲,我宁愿生活在一个小洞里,不和任何人说话。

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

这种促进和平的方式的局限性在于它是对人类文明一面的呼吁,而战争则是人类原始野蛮本性的力量的产物。

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

显然,财产应该是私有的更好,但使用它是普遍的;立法者的特殊任务就是在人身上创造这种仁慈的性情。

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

正义是我们生命和财产的保险。服从是我们为之付出的代价。

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

任何知道一个奇怪事实的人都知道它的奇异之处。

Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.

完美并不存在,只有上帝是完美的。