Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

一旦社会接受了财产不像上帝的法律那样神圣，并且没有法律和公共正义的力量来保护它的观念，无政府状态和暴政就会开始。

过度捕捞是一个我们可以解决的问题——只要我们立即行动。