Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

自由不是做我们喜欢做的事的权力,而是做我们应该做的事的权利。

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Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

良好的教养与良好的教养的区别,如果有区别的话,也只是因为它优雅地记住了别人的权利,而不是优雅地坚持自己的权利。

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

没有所谓的自由。你只会为另一种统治改变一种统治。我们所能做的就是选择我们的主人。

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

没有人民的普遍知识,自由就不能得到维护。

If you treat me right, i'll treat you better.

如果你对我好,我会对你更好。