Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

他们的贫困保障了他们的自由，因为我们的欲望和财产是专制制度最强大的枷锁。

-- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本