“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
英语
“民主是这样一种理论：普通人知道自己想要什么，并且活该如愿以偿地承受其后果。”
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed — and hence clamorous to be led to safety — by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
英语
“实际政治的全部目的是让民众保持恐慌——从而吵着要人领他们走向安全——方法是用一连串无穷无尽的妖怪来威胁他们，而这些妖怪大多是虚构的。”
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”
英语
“对于每一个复杂的问题，都有一个清晰、简单且错误的答案。”
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
英语
“低估美国公众的智力，从来没有人因此破产。”
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.”
英语
“对任何政府而言，最危险的人是那些能够独立思考的人，不受流行迷信和禁忌的束缚。他几乎不可避免地会得出结论：他所生活其下的政府是不诚实的、疯狂的、不可容忍的。”
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
英语
“拯救人类的冲动几乎总是统治人类之欲望的伪装。权力才是所有救世主真正追求的东西：而非服务的机会。”