Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
政府,即使在其最佳状态下,也不过是一种必要的恶;在其最坏的状态下,则是一种无法忍受的恶。
The writer must be a free being, even if it costs him everything.
Every sentence carries the weight of all the words left unsaid.