Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

  • -- Frederic Bastiat 弗雷德里克·巴斯夏

生命、自由和财产的存在并不是因为人们制定了法律。相反,正是生命、自由和财产在此之前就已经存在,这一事实促使人们首先制定法律。

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The fact that it wasn't tells me that we've got a much more fundamental problem of understanding what went wrong, and we've got to figure out what was there. And that's what I call fundamental fault analysis.

事实是它没有告诉我我们有一个更基本的问题去理解哪里出了问题,我们必须弄清楚哪里出了问题。这就是我所说的基本故障分析。

Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.

由于妇女团体的领导人强调,无论何时他们被召到这里担任陪审员,我们总是有一种不同寻常的高类型的妇女担任陪审员。

I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.

我通常指出,大多数生命和财产的损失是由于陈旧和不安全的结构倒塌,其中大部分是砖和其他砖石结构。

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

正义是我们生命和财产的保险。服从是我们为之付出的代价。

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

黑暗的冲动确实存在于我身上,我想,也存在于大多数人身上。

Better not to exist than live basely.

与其过卑贱的生活,不如不生活。