至于所谓的《企业家》杂志扉页上的发刊词,原文如下:
I do not choose to be a common person. 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 my 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.
随意选择了上面这段话中的一句“It is my heritage to stand erect”,用Google英文版(www.google.com)一搜,发现了它的作者另有其人,名叫Dean Alfange,根本不是什么Thomas Paine。(相关网址:http://www.paultastic.com/showpage/AnAmericansCreed)