The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

  • -- John Stuart Mill 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔

一个人的行为中,唯一能使他对社会顺从的部分,就是与他人有关的部分。就他自己而言,他的独立性是绝对的,是正确的。对他自己,对他自己的身体和思想,个人是至高无上的。

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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

正如经常发生的那样,全球化意味着富国和强国现在有了新的手段,以牺牲穷国和弱国的利益为代价,进一步充实和增强自己的力量,我们有责任以普遍自由的名义进行抗议。

Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.

通常,那些胡言乱语的自由主义者的嘴是可爱的,但在战争中,他们本能的愚蠢行为是危及生命的。

A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake, at the moment.

一个自由主义者是一个目前利益不受威胁的人。

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

朋友是给你完全自由做你自己的人。