Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

当臣民违背原则时,国王将成为政策上的暴君。

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This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

这个国家孕育于自由之中,奉行的原则包括:诚实的人可以诚实地提出异议;如果他们都能说出自己的想法,大多数人就能分清是非。

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

我是宇宙的主人,却不是我自己,我是唯一反抗我绝对权力的人。

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

唯一不阻碍进步的原则是:万事皆有可能。

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

我天生就不是一个叛逆者。