He explained his position many times in speeches,debates and letters, including this one written in eighteen fifty-eight: I have made it equally plain that I think the negro is included in the word "men" used in the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

I think assertions of national identity and independence are often predicated on differentiation from others.

我想对国家身份和独立的断言,基础常常是与他者的区分。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I'm going to drop more than the independence assumption, I'm going to assume that the assets don't have the same expected return and they don't have the same expected variance.

我还想做出一些改动，即这些资产的预期收益率,是各不相同的,方差也是不同的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"I will not be changing my own personal independence or my own approach to individual issues,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28