The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
禁止持有武器的法律。只會(huì)解除那些本來(lái)就不打算或沒(méi)有決心要犯罪的人的武裝……這樣的法律只會(huì)讓受害者變得更糟,讓行兇者更強(qiáng);它們相當(dāng)于鼓勵(lì)而不是阻止兇殺,因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)沒(méi)有武裝的人更可能被一個(gè)武裝的人襲擊。
We cannot change,?we cannot move away from what we are,?until we thoroughly accept what we are.
The more you give, the more you get.
I don't see limits. I see possibilities.
"A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers."