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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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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
任何地方的不公正对任何地方的正义都是一种威胁。我们被困在一个不可逃避的相互联系的网络中,被命运的一件外衣所束缚。任何直接影响一个人的东西,都会间接地影响所有人。
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.
在任何情况下,只有少数人抗议长期存在的法律和习俗的不公正,但这并不能证明压迫的事实是不成立的,而许多人的满足,如果是真实的,只能证明他们的冷漠和更深的堕落。
The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.
显而易见的不公正存在于所有没有被偏见蒙蔽的人面前。
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
自己不愿意做的事,又去问别人,这是不公平的。
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
我不知道如何为自己辩护:惊讶的天真无法想象受到怀疑。
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.
你只需要做一只跳蚤来反抗不公。足够忠诚的跳蚤战略性地咬人,即使是最大的狗也会感到不舒服,甚至改变最大的国家。