托马斯佩恩【Common Sense】摘抄
开篇关于社会和政府,最让人难忘的部分:
【社会是由我们的欲望所产生的,政府是由我们的邪恶所产生的。前者是我们一体同心,从而积极地增进我们的幸福;后者能制止我们的恶行,从而消极地增进我们的幸福。。。。。。当我们受苦的时候,当我们从一个政府方面遭受那些只有在无政府的国家中才可能遭受的不幸时,我们由于想到自己亲手提供了受苦的根源而感到格外痛心。。。。。。任何事物越是简单,它越不容易发生紊乱,即使发生紊乱也比较容易纠正。】
【Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. 】
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【社会是由我们的欲望所产生的,政府是由我们的邪恶所产生的。前者是我们一体同心,从而积极地增进我们的幸福;后者能制止我们的恶行,从而消极地增进我们的幸福。。。。。。当我们受苦的时候,当我们从一个政府方面遭受那些只有在无政府的国家中才可能遭受的不幸时,我们由于想到自己亲手提供了受苦的根源而感到格外痛心。。。。。。任何事物越是简单,它越不容易发生紊乱,即使发生紊乱也比较容易纠正。】
【Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. 】
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