The joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying independence and domestic peace and happiness, was often so excessive that, in pursuing my favourite subject among the meadows, I have sometimes found myself in a kind of reverie.
想到自己可能成为从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具，同时怀有享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的希望，这种喜悦常常如此强烈，以至于在草地上研究我喜爱的课题时，我有时会陷入一种遐想。
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
自由民主的传播和世界经济的整合创造了一种情况，即唯一合法的政府形式是基于人民主权并尊重基本人权的政府。
领导力是关于以清晰和信念做出艰难的决定。
世界是一座墓地，而我们是它的幽灵。
你放弃的那一刻就是你失败的那一刻。