The course of history is the slow march of freedom.
历史的进程是自由的缓慢行进。
Without passion, there might be no error, but without passion, there would certainly be no greatness.
若无激情，或许不会犯错，但若无激情，也必定无伟大。
The historian is a prophet looking backward.
历史学家是回望过去的先知。
The past is never dead; it is not even past.
过去从未消逝，它甚至从未过去。
The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.
历史学家必须怀有一种信念：人类不会也不能灭亡。
It is not the task of history to judge, but to understand.
历史的任务不是评判，而是理解。
The safety of the state is the highest law.
The greatest foe to liberty is the inert majority.
自由最大的敌人是麻木的大多数。
History is neither written nor made without love or hate.
历史既非无爱亦非无恨地书写或创造。
The greatest crimes are not committed by those who break the rules, but by those who follow them to the letter.
最严重的罪行不是由违反规则者犯下，而是由那些刻板遵守规则者所为。