This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

这种最高层次的政治讨论自由是西方文明与古典古代文明的共同点,但没有其他共同点。

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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.

如果一种自由主义的政治哲学代表任何东西,而且我不再肯定它代表什么,那么它一定意味着我们致力于为每个人创造公平的竞争环境。

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

名字一旦被广泛使用,很快就会变成纯粹的发音,它们的词源就像地球上的许多奇迹一样,被埋没在习惯的尘埃之下。

It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.

这是最好的方法……在三拍子中强调小节的第一部分,在普通拍子中强调小节的第一部分和第三部分。

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

我们这些官方把言论自由看得比生活本身更重要的人,似乎除了天气之外没有什么可谈的。

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom.

除了好人,没有人会真心热爱自由;其余的人不爱自由。

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

最严厉的法律有时会变成最严重的不公正。