今天对自由民主最严重的威胁不是来自共产主义或法西斯主义等敌对意识形态,而是来自内部——来自民粹主义的兴起和民主规范的侵蚀。
我是变革的催化剂。作为一个局外人,你不可能在30多年的时间里取得成功而不留下一些伤痕。
I'm not a role model. Just because I can rap doesn't mean I'm a role model.
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.