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

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

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。

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

我所说的自由,是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护,不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。

I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.

我渴望和你在一起,在海边,我们可以自由地交谈,在空中建造我们的城堡。

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?