If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

  • -- Friedrich August von Hayek 哈耶克

如果我们希望维持一个自由社会,我们必须认识到,某一特定目标的可取性并不是使用胁迫的充分理由。

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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

偏执狂正是统治者的真实形象。唯一的区别是他们在世界上的地位。人们甚至可能认为偏执狂更令人印象深刻,因为他对自己足够了,不会被失败动摇。

I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'

我觉得自己与过去和记忆都有很深的联系。我所做过的每一件事,我都能与之产生共鸣,并在某种程度上感到与之相连。我的生活中没有任何一部分是我看着就说,‘我根本不认识那个人。’

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

很多人没有意识到机遇的存在,是因为它总是穿着工装裤走来走去,看上去像在努力工作。

What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience with sufficient character to resist temptations.

我们在被任命的职位上所需要的是有知识和经验的人,他们有足够的性格来抵制诱惑。

Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them.

朋友们,如果你免费给别人东西,不要责怪他们拿走了。

There is no free market for oil.

石油没有自由市场。