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I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.

  • -- Eric Himpton Holder Jr. 埃里克·希普顿·霍尔德

我不是死刑的支持者，但我将按照本届国会的要求执行这项法律。

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When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

当我曾经作为一名法学教授教授民事诉讼时，我会在一开始就告诉我的学生，民事诉讼是仪式化战斗的礼仪。这句话并非出自我之口，它抓住了一个要点，即和平、发达的社会通过法律而不是武力解决争端。

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The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。

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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

没有任何成文的法律比民意支持的不成文习俗更具约束力。

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Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.

只有内心足够善良、感到刑罚公正的人才能受到惩罚。

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We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

我们已经废除了对人类的死刑，那么为什么要继续对动物的死刑呢?

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Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.

国会是不受欢迎的。现任者是不受欢迎的。

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