企业家誓言(美国)

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我是不会选择做一个普通人的。
如果我能够做到的话,我有权成为一位不寻常的人。
我寻找机会,而不寻求安稳,
我不希望在国家的照顾下成为一名有保障的国民
—— 那将被人瞧不起而使我感到痛苦不堪。
我要做有意义的冒险。
我要梦想,要创造,要失败,也要成功。
我拒绝用刺激来换取施舍;
我宁愿向生活挑战,而不愿过有保证的生活;
我宁愿要达到目的时的激动,而不愿要乌托邦式毫无生气的平静。
我不会拿我的自由与慈善作交易,也不会拿我的尊严去与发给乞丐的食物作交易。
我决不会在任何一位大师面前发抖,也不会为任何恐吓所屈服。
我的天性是挺胸直立,骄傲而无所畏惧。
我勇敢地面对这个世界,自豪地说:在上帝的帮助下,我已经做到了。
以下是英文原稿:
Entrepreneur’s Credo
I do not choose to be a common man,
It is my right to be uncommon … if I can,
I seek opportunity … not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen.
Humbled and dulled by having the
State look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk;
To dream and to build.
To fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life
To the guaranteed existence;
The thrill of fulfillment
To the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence
Nor my dignity for a handout
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect.
Proud and unafraid;
To think and act for myself,
To enjoy the benefit of my creations
And to face the world boldly and say:
This, with God’s help, I have done
All this is what it means
To be an Entrepreneur.”
--- Excerpt from Common Sense, written in 1776, by Thomas Paine
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