If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

如果自由意味着什么,那就是告诉人们他们不想听的话的权利。

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

我所说的自由,是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护,不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

我有时认为,自由的代价与其说是永远的警惕,不如说是永远的肮脏。

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

人们听到这个通常会很惊讶,但我不怎么读儿童读物。

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

比起每天见到的人,我更关心书中的人。