试图指导私人如何使用他们的资本的政治家，不仅会使自己背负起极不必要的责任，还会行使一种权力，它不能被信任交给任何单个个体，甚至不能被信任交给任何理事会或议会，而且这种权力在愚蠢和自负到足以自认为有资格行使它的人手中最为危险。
The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
People always think they’re going to write a book. They think they’re going to write a book, and then they don’t.
Innovation is not just about creating new things, but about solving real problems in the most efficient way.
未来甚至对创造它的人也隐藏着。
煤炭的未来取决于经济增长与环境保护之间的平衡。
西方的生存取决于美国人重新确认他们的西方身份，以及西方人接受他们的文明独特性。
Everything is possible as long as you have the courage to pursue it.