The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.

  • -- John Stuart Mill 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔

违背文明社会任何成员的意愿,对其正当行使权力的唯一目的是防止伤害他人。

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Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.

因此一艘据说是紧张,当她的木板太紧凑,固体,防止水的入口,她浸:和一个桶叫做紧,当液体的法杖是如此之近,没有包含在其中可以通过或它们之间的问题。

The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination.

在我的想象中,最可怕的事情莫过于失去做妻子的自由。

Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.

归根结底,我关心的是自由,我认为你们必须捍卫自由。