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暴政
Tyranny
Peace without justice is tyranny.
没有正义的和平是暴政。
Beware the tyranny of the minority.
当心少数人的暴政。
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
恶法是最坏的暴政。
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
以暴政为目标的背叛是高尚的。
Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs
如果机会属于他们,奴隶就会成为暴君
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
反抗暴君就是服从上帝。
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
群众的暴政是成倍的暴政。
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
人必须被上帝统治,否则他们将被暴君统治。
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
在专制的条件下,行动比思考容易得多。
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
因为这种病不知何故就存在于专制之中,永远不要相信自己的朋友。
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
所有暴政要站稳脚跟,都需要有良知的人保持沉默。
Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.
革命产生于对暴政的愤慨,而革命本身孕育着暴政。
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
第一次反抗是反对神学的最高暴政,反对上帝的幻影。只要我们在天上有一个主人,我们在地上就会是奴隶。
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
我向上帝的祭坛发誓,永远反对任何形式的对人类思想的暴政。
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.
对自由的渴望也使人感到是对国内暴政或专制统治的斗争。
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
历史上,抵御外来危险的手段已经成为国内暴政的工具。
While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.
当我们处于牧师的暴政之下时,他们的利益永远是废除自然和理性的法律,以便建立与之不相容的制度。
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
如果人民失去他们的粗暴和反抗精神,暴政就不会在任何一周、任何一天、任何时刻降临这个国家。