States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

  • -- Avram Noam Chomsky 乔姆斯基

国家不是道德的行动者,而是人,而且可以将道德标准强加给强大的机构。

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

那些管理着大量事务的人通常不喜欢考虑和执行新项目。因此,最好的公共措施很少从以前的智慧中采取,而是因势利导。

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

全世界的人类都需要自由和安全,以便能够充分发挥其潜力。

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

做人权的唯一方法就是在医学上做正确的事情。

Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.

厌恶是如此令人安心;这似乎是一个道德上的证明。

The king reigns, but does not govern.

国王统治,但不统治。

The best cinema is about ethics.

最好的电影是关于道德的。