I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.

  • -- Christopher Gadsden 克里斯托弗·加兹登

因此,我请求你允许我放弃这一艰巨的任务。

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Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.

士兵和农民友好地生活在一起;他们彼此了解,熟悉自己的日常生活,彼此信任;他们就战争问题一起摇头。

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

自由不会降临到人民头上;一个民族必须奋起争取自由;这是一种必须先赢得才能享受的祝福。

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

胆怯的人宁愿选择专制的平静,也不愿选择汹涌的自由之海。