The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

  • -- Alexander Hamilton 亚历山大·汉密尔顿

人民的声音据说是上帝的声音;而且,无论这句格言被引用和相信的程度有多普遍,它都不符合事实。人民是动荡多变的,他们很少判断或决定正确的。

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You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified.

作为一名科学家,你知道它们都是在实验室里完全独立开发出来的。只有在这之后,政治形势才得以设计出来,使他们有理由这样做。

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

正确理解和运用有价值的格言需要天才;一种至关重要的占用心智的活动,与最初创造它的人密切相关。

The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.

演员必须锻炼身体。这位演员必须练习他的嗓音。但是演员最重要的工作是他的思想。

A creature without a voice. A voice without a name. As immortal as my life. Come here at long last to summon the wind.

一个没有声音的生物。一个没有名字的声音。像我的生命一样不朽。终于到这里来招风了。

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

把专制权力的萌芽扼杀在萌芽状态,这是唯一能够维护任何民族自由的格言。

People are just preprogrammed to want what they don’t have. It’s like it’s a universal law.

人们天生就想要他们没有的东西。就像这是一个普遍规律。

I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.

我是一个国家安全自由主义者,我告诉人们这些,因为这听起来很荒谬。

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

我们称他们为野蛮人是因为他们的举止与我们不同。