社会无法发展出有效、低成本的合同执行机制，是历史上停滞和当代第三世界欠发达的最重要根源。

译文：德行高于才能是君子，才能高于德行是小人。此句成为后世评判人才的根本标准。

The only weapon of power, its only strategy against this defection, is to reinject realness and referentiality everywhere, in order to convince us of the reality of the social, of the gravity of the economy and the finalities of production.

"History is not just about the past; it's about the present and the future too."

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.