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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

  • -- Eric Liu 刘耀威

为什么公民身份应该是一个出生问题?那些想要终止出生公民权的人所持的前提是，有些人应该享有，有些人不应该——这种身份不应该自动被授予。坦白地说，这是一个值得考虑的前提。

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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

每一个好公民都把自己国家的荣誉作为自己的荣誉，不仅珍惜，而且神圣。他愿意冒着生命的危险去保护它，并且意识到他在给予保护的同时也得到了保护。

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Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

每次我离开家很长一段时间，我觉得我好像要征服世界。求你将我长子的名分，就是我的产业，夺过来。

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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

没有二等公民这回事。这就像告诉我你可能有点怀孕了。

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