I met the towering intellectuals in books, not in classroom, which is natural.My family was into all that stuff, getting ahead through discipline, knowledge, and self-control.
我是在书本上而不是在课堂上认识伟大的知识分子的，这很自然。我的家人都喜欢这些东西，通过纪律、知识和自我控制来出人头地。
对付一个不自由的世界，唯一的方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.