The most significant threat to liberal democracy comes from within, from the decay of institutions and the loss of trust in them.

真正的问题不在于机器是否会思考，而在于人类是否会思考。

In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.

圣人不积，既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。