One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it.

  • -- Roy Barnes 罗伊·巴恩斯

很久以前,作为一名检察官,我学到的一件事是,如果没有对违法者的惩罚,要让他们遵守法律是很难的。

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One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.

我们相遇在一个无忧无虑的时刻,一个充满希望的时刻,现在取而代之的是现实世界的严酷教训。

I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.

我有责任遵守法律,把我发现的事实运用到法律中去。

Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.

每次醒来,我都觉得自己像被人打了一顿。