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

没有执行的愿景只是一个梦想。

The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

鱼在江湖中互相遗忘，人在道术中互相遗忘。

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.