对我来说，最富启示性的发现之一就是，越趋近西方，亦即越趋近自由制度依然比较稳固、信奉自由信念的人数依旧相对众多的国家，那里的人们越不真正准备对他们自己的信念进行重新考察，越倾向于作出让步或进行妥协，也越倾向于把某种他们所知道的自由社会的偶然历史形态视... One of the most inspiring discoveries for me is that the nearer to the West, the nearer the system of liberty remains, the greater the number of people who profess freedom and faith, the less likely they are to prepare Their own beliefs to reexamine, the more inclined to make concessions or compromise, but also tend to some kind of accidental history that they know free history as ...