Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

  • -- Howard Zinn 霍华德·津恩

从历史上看,最可怕的事情——战争、种族灭绝和奴隶制——不是源于不服从,而是源于服从。

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An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do with it, having no right to meddle with another man's property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything this is his.

我认为这是一场进攻性的战争,我认为这是错误的,因此与战争无关,我无权干涉他人的财产、牛或驴、仆婢或任何属于他的东西。

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.

只要正义和不公正没有结束它们在人类事务中为取得支配地位而进行的不断更新的斗争,人类就必须愿意在必要时为正义和不公正进行斗争。

Through the years our business has been killing;-it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death.

多年来,我们的事业一直在走下坡路,这是我们人生的第一个使命。我们对生命的认识仅限于死亡。

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

惩罚是立法者手中预防犯罪的最后和最不有效的工具。

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

在全世界,我都要支持群众反对阶级。