You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
人的仁慈从未削弱自由者的毅力或软化他们。一个国家不必变得残酷就可以坚强。
而是根据国家的具体情况,去掉那些无益于实用的东西,这就足够使国家的财利增加一倍了。 
The United States is experiencing a crisis of political decay, with institutions that are increasingly dysfunctional and unable to address the country's challenges.