A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
暴政
Tyranny
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。
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。
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。
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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 tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
群众的暴政是成倍的暴政。
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
以暴政为目标的背叛是高尚的。
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。
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。
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。