Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.

  • -- Frederick Moore Vinson 弗雷德里克·摩尔·文森

战争不是上帝的行为。它们是由人类造成的,由人为的制度,由人类组织社会的方式造成的。人创造了什么,就能改变什么。

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I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.

我出生在牙买加,但在著名的第一世界学府接受教育,现在在那里工作,所以我相信我有一个独特的、双重的视角。为了避免我可能存在的任何偏见,我利用股市的客观视角,来发现哪些政策实际上给新兴市场带来了繁荣。

The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.

变化始于索马里,在那里我们发现我们参与了一项没有和平的行动,因为没有和平,所以没有了维持和平行动。

It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.

这不仅是因为个人对领导人的诚信失去了信心,还因为他们不再相信社会上最强大的机构在为他们的利益行事。

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

商业改变国家的命运和天才。