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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

我所说的自由，是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护，不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。

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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

警惕公众自由。怀疑每一个接近那颗宝石的人。不幸的是，除了赤裸裸的武力外，没有任何东西能够保护它。一旦你放弃了这种力量，你就不可避免地会被毁灭。

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It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet I was never out of an assurance of mine interest, nor long out of sight of His presence.

自从他确定以来，已经有将近三十年了;从那时候以来，虽然有了许多的罪，但我从来没有离开过我所关心的事，也没有长久离开过他的面。

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Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence itis the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet.

自由主义是慷慨的最高形式;这是大多数人向少数人承认的权利，因此这是这个星球上有史以来最崇高的呼声。

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But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.

但奇怪的是，有多少理性的人相信宇宙的终极真理可以简化成黑板上的图案。

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I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

我喜欢固执的运动员。至少他们有自己的观点。如果他们是对的或错的，这对我来说无关紧要。

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Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

我们是按多数人呢。是按少数人呢。当然是少数人。

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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

荒谬,n。:与自己的观点明显不一致的陈述或信念。

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When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

当美德自由时，某种程度上罪恶也自由了。

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Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.

成功的保证是最诱人的。

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It is not as bad to believe a lie as to tell one.

相信谎言并不比说谎更糟糕。

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