The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

  • -- Walter Lippmann 沃尔特·利普曼

文明国家的首要原则是,只有在合同的约束下,权力才是合法的。

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This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

这个国家孕育于自由之中,奉行的原则包括:诚实的人可以诚实地提出异议;如果他们都能说出自己的想法,大多数人就能分清是非。

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

如果我们抹杀个人责任原则,欧洲模式将处于危险之中。