The past is always tense, the future perfect.
Violence is not just physical; it's embedded in our systems and structures.
The past is not a line but a landscape.
森林不需要我们,但我们需要森林——这一真理应指导我们在林业中的每一个决策。
The great ideological battles between liberalism and communism, or between democracy and authoritarianism, have been replaced by a general consensus on the desirability of liberal democracy.