A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不公正
Injustice
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
历史,尽管有痛苦,但不能没有生命,但如果有勇气,就不需要再活一次。
For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.
对我来说,左派意味着与不公正和不平等作斗争,但最重要的是,我们想过得好。
Many groups that have the power to make life decisions for others don't ever have to live out the consequences.
许多有能力为他人做出人生决定的群体,永远不必承担后果。
I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.
我认为人们应该对值得生气的事情生气。不公正是令人发指的,应该受到谴责。
The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look out And see the men at play.
高尔夫球场离磨坊很近 几乎每天 劳动的孩子们可以向外看 看他们在玩。
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
我们可能有时无力阻止不公正,但绝不能有任何时候不进行抗议。
To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.
对于需要反抗的错误, 需要帮助的权利, 到遥远的未来, 给自己。
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
洗手不干权势者与无权者之间的冲突意味着要站在权势者一边,不能保持中立。
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.
从历史上看,最可怕的事情——战争、种族灭绝和奴隶制——不是源于不服从,而是源于服从。
In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears continually.
我们尽自己最大的努力去雕琢构成我们生命的那块神秘的石头是徒劳的,命运的黑色血液不断地重新出现。
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.
要像太阳或大海一样仁慈,但是如果你作为一个理性存在的权利被牢牢地钉住,那就死在你领土的第一寸土地上。
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
声音是人类的天赋;它应该被珍惜和使用,尽可能地充分表达人类的语言。无能为力与沉默相伴。
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Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
只有仁慈才能使不公正变得公正。
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
这些资本家通常协调一致地榨取人民的钱财。
I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.
我相信任何社会底层的人们都有必要进行斗争。
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
我发誓,无论何时何地,只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱,我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者,而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人,而不是受折磨的人。
Injustice never rules forever.
不公正永远不会统治一切。
I think that the question of how power can be exerted from the lower reaches has never been more important. It will ultimately determine whether another world is indeed possible
我认为,如何利用下游的力量从来没有像现在这样重要。它最终将决定另一个世界是否真的可能存在