Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

  • -- Arthur Koestler 亚瑟·考斯特勒

在历史的呼吸空间里,政治可以相对公平;在其关键的转折点上,除了旧的规则外,没有其他规则是可能的,即目的证明手段是正当的。

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The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.

无产阶级利用国家不是为了自由,而是为了压制它的敌人,一旦谈到自由,国家就不复存在了。

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

人们习惯了为街头文化辩护的音乐,但没有触及的是为什么这些孩子的行为方式,他们的生活方式。

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.

对我来说,写歌就像呼吸一样:我就是这么做的。但这并不意味着你很棒。

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

我试着把我想要做的事情尽可能清晰简单地表达出来。

He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.

在控告以先为自己辩解的,便是宣告自己有罪。

There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone.

永远不会有一个对每个人都公平的制度。

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

如果你把演戏从我身上拿走,我会停止呼吸。

Fair is whatever God wants to do.

上帝想做的事都是公平的。