For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time.

  • -- George Sutherland 乔治·萨瑟兰

因为,最悲哀的墓志铭,可以刻在记忆中一个消失的自由,是它失去了,因为它的拥有者没有伸出一只拯救之手,而仍然有时间。

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

我们捍卫自由是为了维护一种精神,这种精神把自由看作是所有人、所有土地、所有地方的遗产。摧毁这种精神,你就在自己的家门口播下了专制的种子。

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.

无产阶级利用国家不是为了自由,而是为了压制它的敌人,一旦谈到自由,国家就不复存在了。

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

我们可以抓住这段时间,用我们自己的方式去做,在这个过程中,我们可以为自己感到自豪,也可以繁荣昌盛。

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

愿我的墓上没有题字。没有人能为我写墓志铭。

There is only one true wealth in all the universe--living time.

整个宇宙中只有一种真正的财富——活的时间。