"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

What we have to do is find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself.

所以君子努力做事就会日渐强大，安于嗜欲就日渐苟且，恭敬庄重就日益繁盛。 

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

臣民对主权者的义务，只要主权者能保护他们，就持续存在，否则就不再存在。

我不会改变我是谁或我所代表的东西。