Nevertheless, while a free society recognizes limits to inequality, it also accepts that inequality exists, for it provides hope for many by showing what one might achieve with ability and luck – or perhaps even luck alone. Inequality adds color and variety to societies; it is one of the marks of lively, flexible, and innovative countries.
然而，尽管自由社会承认对于不平等的限制，它同时还接受不平等的存在，因为不平等通过展示具有能力和运气，有时甚至只要运气，一个人所可以取得的成就来为许多人提供希望。不平等给社会添滋添色，它是充满活力、灵活以及创新国家的标志之一。因此，它本身并不坏，即使是过度不平等必须以全体公民的名义加以限制。