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暴政
Tyranny
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
如果暴政和压迫来到这片土地上，它将打着与外敌作战的幌子。
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。
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。
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
你可以谈论尼禄和提比略的暴政;但真正的暴政是你隔壁邻居的暴政。
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
普遍地启发人民，身体和精神的暴政和压迫就会像邪恶的幽灵一样在黎明时分消失。
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
没有比强迫一个人为他不想要的东西付出代价更糟糕的暴政了，仅仅因为你认为这对他有好处。
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
无限的权力容易腐蚀拥有它的人的思想;诸位大人，我知道，法律的终点就是暴政的起点。
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。
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
每个反抗暴政的人心中都有一种隐秘的骄傲。你可以命令和驱动一个人，但你不能让他尊重你。
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
我在尘土中划清界限，把铁腕扔到暴政脚下，我说，现在实行种族隔离，明天实行种族隔离，永远实行种族隔离。
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。
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Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs
如果机会属于他们，奴隶就会成为暴君
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
反对理性的人是真正的叛逆者，但为捍卫理性而反对暴政的人比乔治三世更有资格捍卫信仰。
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。
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。
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。
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
尤其是人民的福祉一直是暴君的托辞，它还提供了进一步的好处，使暴政的仆从们有一个良好的良心。