独裁统治最好的武器是保密，但民主最好的武器应该是开放的武器。
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
"To understand a country, you must understand its silences."