If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

诠释学循环不是一个恶性循环，而是理解的必要条件。

"Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky."

互相有爱意，交往中也相互得利。这是墨子很典型的思想主张，也是墨家学派对人类社会最美好的期望。

用社会主义来治愈英国病就像试图用水蛭来治愈白血病。

To write about war is to write about the silence that follows.