He said "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

VOA: special.2009.04.20

And it may be that what we should conclude is, whatever the best answer to that question is, it's not the question we should really have been thinking about.

也许我们能得出的结论是，无论这问题最佳的答案是什么，这都不是我们最该考虑的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Not only should one seek peace but we have an obligation, he says, to lay down our arms, to lay down our right to all things on the condition that others around us are prepared to do so as well.

我们不仅是应该寻求和平,还有义务来放下自己的武器，在周围的人准备同样作的情况之下,放弃我们对一切事物的权利。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"We were hoping that (a) that the trial should not have commenced, two,that it would be discontinued and all charges dropped, and three, that she would be found 'not guilty'.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

"We in the Congress have a duty to tackle this problem, but the solution we settle upon should not be rushed, and the solution should not be worse than the problem we are trying to solve,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10