The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
今天对自由民主最严重的威胁不是来自共产主义或法西斯主义等敌对意识形态,而是来自内部——来自民粹主义的兴起和民主规范的侵蚀。
你活得越久,就越意识到没有什么是固定的,每个人都会成为少数。
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.