"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit, and the silencing of dissent,know that you are on the wrong side of history -- but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

VOA: special.2010.09.25

Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshipping the images and pictures in the temple."

先生，我们应该告诫人们，他们不应该,崇敬寺庙里的肖像或照片“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's worth saying a word about that, because I want to undermine any great confidence that you may have and what you can believe that scholars tell you, because we keep finding out how wrong we are about all kinds of things.

这里得说的是,我想给自信满满的家伙泼点儿冷水,你曾深信不疑的学者们告诉你的那些事,不断被发现,并在很多问题上都存在纰漏

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"What we are trying to do is make sure the wrong people don't get their hands on guns."

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Some of us are supermen, and it is quite wrong and wicked for us to be treated as though we were ordinary fellows, and therefore do not tie us down with these ridiculous codes of ethics, and morals, and other things which are simply the weapons by which the weak hold down the strong."

有些甚至是超人,把我们都作为普通人,来对待是错的,是不道德的,所以别用荒唐的,道德伦理来束缚我们,或用武器这样粗陋的东西来约束我们,那是弱者用来压制强者的工具"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"On the operations we are having at the moment, it is completely wrong to say that the loss of lives has been caused by the absence of helicopters,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

So much unnecessary attention around this conference had been directed towards the dispute that is unintentionally distracting from the real life and death issues we are confronted with as a country, He said it would be wrong for the controversy to overshadow the goals of the 13th international AIDS Conference.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17