Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

自由不是达到更高政治目的的手段。这本身就是最高的政治目的。

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How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together.

恐惧是如何产生的?他们的诞生是由于传统和历史的差异;他们的出生是由于情感、政治和国家环境的差异。由于这些差异,人们担心他们不能生活在一起。

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

由于长命百岁,我经历过许多这样的事例:由于获得了更好的信息或更充分的考虑,我不得不改变自己的观点,甚至在一些重要的问题上也是如此。我曾经认为这些观点是正确的,但后来发现事实并非如此。

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

当提到自由时,我们必须始终谨慎地观察,这是不是真正的主张个人利益,从而被指定。

What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?

有什么比享受自由带来的快乐更能使人幸福呢?