A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
权利
Rights
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
有权利做一件事与正确地做这件事完全不一样。
“Freedom from fear” could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
“摆脱恐惧的自由”可以说是对整个人权哲学的概括。
If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.
如果有人认为自己没有责任,那是因为他没有去寻找责任。
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
维护他人的权利是人类最崇高、最美丽的目标。
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
在承认我们同胞的人性时,我们向自己致以最高的敬意。
My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.
我的情况应该更糟。按理说,我不应该在这次事故中幸存下来。
Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.
乌干达北部出现了严重侵犯儿童权利的情况。
The rights u take for granted are only valid if u fight to give those same rights to others.
你认为理所当然的权利只有在你努力给予他人同样的权利时才有效。
I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
我一直认为,我应该毫不费力地使我的权利得到尊重。
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.
如果我们现在不采取有效措施,荷兰可能会在两种极端权利之间左右为难。
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
正如一个人被认为有权拥有他的财产一样,他也可以说他的权利中也有财产。
Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.
如果人权不能像保护我们喜欢的人一样保护我们不喜欢的人,那么它就不值得这个名字。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
没有什么是一成不变的,只有人类与生俱来的不可剥夺的权利。
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.
当公众知情权受到威胁,当言论自由和新闻自由的权利受到威胁,我们珍视的所有其他自由都将受到威胁。
Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?
我们将承认谁的权利?我们将尊重谁的人格尊严?作为一个民族,我们将为谁的福祉承担责任?
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
动力是你开始的动力。习惯是你前进的动力。
One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
人们无法想象圣方济会谈论权利。
Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
妇女权利不仅是一种抽象概念,一种事业;这也是一件私事。这不仅关乎我们;这也是关于我和你。就我们两个人。