倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

我很相信运气，而我发现越是努力工作，我的运气越好。

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

禁止持有武器的法律。只会解除那些本来就不打算或没有决心要犯罪的人的武装……这样的法律只会让受害者变得更糟，让行凶者更强；它们相当于鼓励而不是阻止凶杀，因为一个没有武装的人更可能被一个武装的人袭击。

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

如果一个国家期望在国民无知的情况下却拥有自由，那么这种期望无论在历史上，还是未来都绝不会实现。如果我们打算抵御无知和捍卫自由，每位美国人都有责任了解一件公共事务的来龙去脉。

If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization,it expects what never was and never will be....If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free,it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."

自由之树需要经常用爱国者和暴君的鲜血来浇灌。

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

我喜欢梦想未来而非追思既往的历史。

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.