It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

  • -- Felix Frankfurter 费利克斯法兰克福

对历史的公正总结是,自由的保障是在涉及不太友善的人的争议中形成的。

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Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

你要知道人们会服从什么,你就会知道他们会受到多少不公正和错误的惩罚;这种情况将继续下去,直到有人用言语或拳头,或两者兼而有之加以抵抗。暴君的极限是由他们压迫的人的忍耐力决定的。

But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

但很高兴知道你还有其他比赛要参加,因为有时候你会过于专注于下一场马拉松,以至于在某些方面会变得不健康。所以,有别的事情给你一记耳光,然后说,好吧,奥运会之后还有生活。

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

如果一个人把他的一生都奉献给了担任公职,并试图为他的人民做些什么,那么“政治家”这个词本身就有什么问题?

No, they're nice guys. They wear girdles, but they're nice guys.

不,他们是好人。他们束腰带,但他们是好人。