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

  • -- Carrie Chapman Catt 凯莉·凯特

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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To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

排除所有可能受到死刑前景最轻微影响的陪审员,就等于剥夺被告根据法律享有的公正陪审团的权利。

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

长期以来,我一直认为,如果工作是一件如此美妙的事情,富人会把更多的工作留给自己。

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

我们积累意见的年龄是我们的理解力最薄弱的时候。