Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.

人们往往认为，现在的政客比过去的政客要糟糕得多。但我们往往忘记了过去的政客有多糟糕。

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

预言是人类唯一一项无法经由练习而改善的技术。