I’m not here to be perfect, I’m here to be real.

When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.

有时帮助穷人的最好方式是给他们现金，让他们自己决定如何使用它。

I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.

The strength of liberal democracy lies in its ability to self-correct and reform.

建筑必须是一股向善的力量，推动社会变革。

The general will is always right， but the judgment which guides it is not always enlightened.