And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.

  • -- Caleb Cushing 卡莱布库欣

如果这所房子要被它的职责所吓倒,不管受到什么影响,去接受和听取人民的请愿,那么我将把我的声音送出这座国会大厦的高墙,要求纠正。

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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

诺曼人手里拿着长矛走过来,把他们面前的一切都烧了,践踏了,用剑刃把撒克逊王朝和撒克逊贵族砍了个精光;但是请愿的权利仍然没有受到影响。

When people starts to enjoy a writer's pen, he becomes a legend even if his stories are neither long nor publicly surrounded by expectations.

当人们开始喜欢作家的作品时,他就成为了一个传奇,即使他的故事既不长也不被公众所期待。

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

如果把偷办公室和偷钱包区分开来,那么没有一个人是完全文明的。

Petitions are ridiculous.

请愿是荒谬的。