To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

  • -- James Madison Jr 詹姆斯·麦迪逊

仅仅对新闻界来说,尽管滥用职权的情况错综复杂,但世界对理性和人道主义战胜错误和压迫所取得的一切胜利应负全责。

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To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.

为原则而活,为某些改革的胜利而活,通过这些改革,全人类都将被提升到与一种理念结合起来,这也许毕竟是最神圣、最幸福的婚姻。

I've made this decision not to talk to the press about anything that's gone on in my life, but just to write music about it. They can interpret it themselves.

我决定不向媒体透露我生活中发生的任何事情,而只是写一些关于它的音乐。他们可以自己解释。

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

我非常支持新闻自由,但新闻自由应该具有教育性和知识性。我相信他们最近在这方面有所下降。

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.

如果一个无知的人被世间的事物所吸引,那是不好的。但如果一个有学问的人因此而被吸引,那就更糟了。

But the world is what it is and won’t be bargained with.

但这个世界就是它,不会讨价还价。

In every good man a God dwell.

凡有善人,就有神居住。