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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

他们的贫困保障了他们的自由，因为我们的欲望和财产是专制制度最强大的枷锁。

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Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

经济学家们开始认识到，严格按照平均收入来衡量国家财富和贫困，并不能说明一个社会的健康状况或生存能力有多么重要。

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Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

让孩子们读他们想读的任何东西，然后和他们谈论。如果父母和孩子能在一起交谈，我们就不会有那么多的审查，因为我们不会有那么多的恐惧。

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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

专制随着暴君数量的增加而加剧;责任更加分散，要求赔偿的人也更多。

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There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.

有许多专门帮助贫困人口创业的项目。

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Despotism despises nothing so much as righteousness in its victims.

专制主义最蔑视受害者的正义。

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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

思想的启示使人从奴役中获得自由。

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