Lawmakers who interfere with commerce and the normal creation of jobs in an economy run the risk of doing harm rather than good. Unintended consequences from regulating or legislating to achieve a goal can occur and cause havoc in the markets or an economy.

  • -- Mark Skousen 马克·史库森

干预商业和经济中正常创造就业机会的立法者冒着弊大于利的风险。通过监管或立法来实现目标可能会产生意想不到的后果,并在市场或经济中造成严重破坏。

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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

在某些历史情况下,拒绝捍卫一个文明的遗产,不管它有多么不完美,反对暴政和侵略可能导致比战争更严重的后果。

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

有时候,当我思考小事情所带来的巨大后果时,我忍不住认为根本就没有小事情。

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

在任何一个国家,总有要死的人。他们是任何国家都必须作出的牺牲,以实现法律和秩序。

Achieve everything and fail at the rest.

完成每件事,然后在剩下的事情上失败。