Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

胆怯的人宁愿选择专制的平静,也不愿选择汹涌的自由之海。

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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

我一直告诉自己要冷静下来,对事情不要那么感兴趣,不要那么激动,但我仍然非常关心新闻自由、言论自由和公正。

What i am to you is not what you mean to me you give me miles and miles of mountains and i'll ask for the sea.

我之于你,并不代表你之于我。你给我连绵不绝的高山,我却要大海。

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。

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。