我们太多的政治、公共生活和公共话语，都看起来渺小、卑鄙和琐碎，带着咆哮和侮辱，制造争议和愤怒。 这是一种假装勇敢和强悍的政治，但实际上是出于恐惧。

So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse, can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bombast and insult, in phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but in fact is born of fear.