Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

那些愿意放弃基本自由而换取一点暂时安全的人,既不配享有自由,也不配享有安全。

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Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

保守主义抛弃处方,逃避原则,否定进步;它拒绝一切对古代的尊重,对现在没有任何补偿,对未来也没有任何准备。

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

从来没有放弃。这是世界上最容易的逃避。设定一个目标,不达目的不罢休。当你达到目标时,设定另一个目标,在达到之前不要放弃。从来没有放弃。

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.

唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.

但是自由,自由,是灵魂的一种属性,它甚至可能存在于肉体受束缚的时候。

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

人的自由结束了,当这种自由成为它的邻居的诅咒时,它也应该结束。

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

自由对于那些有不同想法的人来说,永远是,而且是唯一的自由。