The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

大多数人压迫个人,就是犯罪,就是滥用自己的力量,按照最强大的法律行事,就是破坏社会的基础。

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I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

我甚至无法向你解释那种感觉有多糟糕,我把和一个女人约会等同于惩罚、羞耻、内疚、失望、指责、谴责和迫害。这是一个噩梦。

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。

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

少数服从多数,就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时,它是无法抗拒的。

A man must train his conscience to a sin-pain response.

一个人必须训练自己的良心对罪恶的痛苦作出反应。