An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

  • -- Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

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The best way to create a genuine "responsibility era" -- a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect -- is to begin with those to whom we owe the greatest responsibility -- those whom we most value -- our kids. Let's not just talk about it -- let's put kids first.

要创造一个真正的“责任时代”——对家庭及其所反映的价值观作出真正的承诺——最好的方法是从那些我们应该承担最大责任的人——那些我们最珍视的人——我们的孩子开始。让我们不只是说说而已——让我们把孩子放在第一位。

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

在任何读过历史的人看来,不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从,通过不服从和反叛取得的。

For him to give as regularly as he has over the years, it shows that Mr. Pierce is very concerned about doing what he can to take care of the people in this community.

皮尔斯多年来一直定期捐款,这表明他非常关心尽他所能来照顾这个社区的人们。

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

有一种凡人的品种是最徒劳无功的。他们藐视眼前的一切,奔向未来,借着无效的希望猎取不可能。

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

每个社会都会受到应有的惩罚。同样真实的是,每个社区都得到了它所坚持的那种执法。

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

每个人都必须从内心找到平静。真正的和平必须不受外部环境的影响。

I have accepted all and I am free. The inner chains are broken, as well as those outside.

我接受了一切,我自由了。内链和外链都被打破了。

Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.

我们国家的灵魂在这里安息,我们的良知也应该在这里安息。

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

废除糟糕法律的最好办法是严格执行。

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.

我们决不能让自己变成我们所反对的体制那样。

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the Universe.

为了内心的平静,辞去宇宙总经理的职务。

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

爱情太年轻,不懂得什么是良心。

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

特权是权利最大的敌人。