The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.

The truth is often found in contradiction.

We are all prisoners of our own minds.

民主的未来取决于其提供经济增长和社会正义的能力。

你输得越多，学到的就越多。你学得越多，就会变得越好。

【译文】走路遇到危险处尚能回避一下，麻烦事临到头上就由不得自己了。