All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则,即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风,但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利,而平等的法律必须保护这些权利,侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

思想和精神共同构成了我们与动物世界的区别,它使人知道真理,使人为真理而死。

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.

我想当导演,但我觉得我会非常糟糕,我不想做制片人,但我觉得我会是个很好的制片人,因为如果我相信某件事,我就能保护它。

And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.

我一直坚持这样一个原则,如果我对它有足够的兴趣来写它,那么它一定会引起很多人的兴趣。

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.

绝大多数理论被拒绝,是因为它们包含了错误的解释,而不是因为它们没有通过实验测试。

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜,而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持,他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

我们对美的爱不会导致奢侈;我们对心灵之物的爱不会使我们软弱。

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

不需要多数人的反对;它只需要几个坚定的领导人和一个健全的事业。

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

成功的首要原则是欲望——知道自己想要什么。欲望是你种下的种子。

I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.

我喜欢我的生活的隐私,我非常警惕地保护它。

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

在那些不喜欢压迫的人中,有许多人喜欢压迫。

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

我们应该感到悲伤,而不是沉沦在它的压迫之下。

Beware the tyranny of the minority.

当心少数人的暴政。