He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

要使自己的自由得到保障,就连敌人也必须保护自己不受压迫;因为如果他违反了这一义务,他就为自己树立了一个先例。

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Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

如果世界是最好的,我会做一些改变。我将强调增加像佩尔助学金这样的项目的资金投入,这纯粹是为那些付不起全额学费的学生提供资金。

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

从来没有放弃。这是世界上最容易的逃避。设定一个目标,不达目的不罢休。当你达到目标时,设定另一个目标,在达到之前不要放弃。从来没有放弃。

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.

如果你练习一门艺术,要为它感到骄傲,让它为你感到骄傲。它会让你成为一个真正的人。

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

最终决定自由是否存在的不是自由的事实,而是自由的行使方式。

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

没有任何压迫比法律权威的扭曲和过分施加的压迫更沉重或持久。

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

显然不可阻挡和不可战胜的压迫不会引起反抗,而是会使人屈服。

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

我有时认为,自由的代价与其说是永远的警惕,不如说是永远的肮脏。

Should've known better when you came around, that you were gonna make me cry.

你来的时候就应该知道,你会让我哭。

I think the biggest design project anyone can have is their own life.

我认为每个人最大的设计项目就是他们自己的生活。

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

当真理没有得到完全的自由时,自由就不完整。

Wherever a ray of solar light can reach, man can reach.

只要一束阳光能到达,人类就能到达。

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

世界上大多数人想要的是安全,而不是自由。