Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

  • -- Wilhelm von Humboldt 威廉·冯·洪堡

胁迫可以防止许多违法行为;但它甚至剥夺了合法行为的一部分美。自由可能导致许多罪过,但它甚至给罪恶带来一种不那么可耻的形式。

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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。

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。

What do you want me to do, rob a bank?

你想让我做什么,抢银行?