Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

任何现存的权力都不能对人民不负责任。

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I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

我是个享乐主义者。我认为伊壁鸠鲁真正的(而不是假定的)学说包含了希腊和罗马留给我们的道德哲学的一切理性。

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

当权者总是认为批评他们的政策是危险的。他们总是把自己的政策等同于爱国主义,认为批评具有颠覆性。

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

权威是我们不断从它身上减去的东西,它总有残余,我们试图把它变得越来越小。

God is, to me, pretty much an idea. God is, to me, pretty much a myth created over time to deny the idea that we're all responsible for our own actions.

对我来说,上帝只是个概念。对我来说,上帝是一个神话,随着时间的推移,它否定了我们都要为自己的行为负责的观点。

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

做一个父亲帮助我更有责任感…你看到的东西比你见过的要多。

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

随它去吧。多年来人们一直在研究它,而人类只能破坏它。

Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.

有些人在走投无路时,会退避药物或烈酒。我午睡。

Money doesn't make people happy. People make people happy.

金钱不能使人快乐。人让人快乐。