君必有弗弗之臣,上必有詻詻之下,分议者延延,而支苟者詻詻,焉可以长生保国。
国家一定要有直言进谏的臣子,上级必须有敢于提出反对意见的下级,议论国政的人不停止,各种不同政见的人相互辩论,才可以长久保存国家,使国家兴盛强大。也就是说言论自由是民众的基本权利,每个人都可以提出不同的政见,民众有平等参与政治的权利。
语言既是桥梁,也是障碍。
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.