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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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Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something.

也许我们的年轻人并不像我们想让自己相信的那样空洞——他们感兴趣的只是发型和看着其他漂亮的人。也许他们对学习感兴趣。

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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

我一直告诉自己要冷静下来，对事情不要那么感兴趣，不要那么激动，但我仍然非常关心新闻自由、言论自由和公正。

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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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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

认为金钱万能的人很可能会被怀疑为金钱而无所不为。

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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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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

真正的危险是自由被蚕食，为了权宜之计，被部分蚕食。

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Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

也许大自然是我们永生的最好保证。

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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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I believe in my music.

我相信我的音乐。

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