In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

  • -- Eric Liu 刘耀威

归根结底,没有任何种族隔离主义方案能够经受住一个简单理念的力量:法律下的平等。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。

I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.

我想,我心目中的好听众应该是那种安静、认真倾听的人,但同时又充满活力:他们会回应,他们会听懂笑话,他们会和我在一起。这种情况一直在发生。

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me.

我想做一些滑冰,然后在三年内去法学院。我很享受它,我要看看它会把我带到哪里。

The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.

认为人的生命是神圣的只是因为它是人的生命的观念是中世纪的。

My parents wanted me to go to law school.

我父母想让我上法学院。