2001：贝索斯致股东信《我们始终坚持现金流为王》

My life I never held but as a pawn to wage against your enemies.

Everybody, all politicians on Left and Right, agree that meritocracy is a great thing, and we should all be trying to make our societies really, really meritocratic. In other words -- what is a meritocratic society? A meritocratic society is one in which, if you've got talent and energy and skill, you will get to the top, nothing should hold you back. It's a beautiful idea.

凡是现实(存在)的就是合理的，凡是合理(存在)的就是现实的。