What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?

  • -- James Madison Jr 詹姆斯·麦迪逊

当一个精明的商人不知道他的计划在执行之前可能是非法的,他会在任何新的商业分支中冒险吗?

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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

奴隶主和奴隶之间的整个贸易,一方面是最激烈的激情、最不懈的专制统治和另一方面是卑贱的服从的永恒活动。我们的孩子看到了这一点,并学会模仿。

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

在任何国家,谁控制了货币的数量,谁就是所有工商业的绝对主人。