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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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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则，即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风，但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利，而平等的法律必须保护这些权利，侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

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Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

普选在原则上是合理的。基本元素是正确的。

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