The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

我们判断一个国家是否真正自由的最确定的标准是少数民族享有多少安全保障。

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If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

如果某件事是在国家安全的秘密基础上做的,这是民选官员不谈论这件事的一个很好的理由。这是逃避公众责任的好办法。

If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

如果我们对少数民族如此残忍,他们为什么还来这里?为什么他们不偷偷越过墨西哥边境去找塔利班?

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

我们是按多数人呢。是按少数人呢。当然是少数人。

There can be no security where there is fear.

有恐惧就没有安全感。