The success of a society depends on its ability to balance the demands of individual freedom with the need for social cohesion.

如果道歉夹带了借口，那就算不上是道歉。如果称赞夹带了要求，那就算不上是称赞。

"You can't change the past, but you can change the meaning of the past."

我不迷信，但我有点小迷信。

我不是你们政府创造的产物。我不是任何政府创造的产物。我服从于更高的力量，那个更高的力量就是音乐。

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.