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不公正
Injustice
I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life.
我还想说,是的,我认为近年来黑人意识的变化使我对生活中各个领域的不公更加敏感。
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
当命运向你走来的时候,接受它是一件好事。如果不是,不要称之为命运;你可以称之为不公正、背叛或简单的坏运气。
Most of us live in a safe world. We don't have to fight for our values, we don't have to fight for our freedom, we don't have a sense of injustice.
我们大多数人生活在一个安全的世界。我们不需要为我们的价值观而战,我们不需要为我们的自由而战,我们没有不公平感。
I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, 'Wait.' Perhaps you can. I can't. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him.
我不能对一个遭受不公待遇的人说:‘等等。“也许你能。我不能。我决定我不能催促他谨慎行事,我必须和他站在一起。
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
我对从一个自认为是我主人的人的桌上捡起同情的碎屑不感兴趣。我想要权利的全部菜单。
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
因为你是一个好人而期望世界公平地对待你,有点像因为你是素食主义者而期望公牛不会攻击你。
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.
被压迫人民的记忆是一件无法消除的东西,对于这样的人来说,有了这样的记忆,反抗总是藏在表面之下。
Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.
也许是音乐使他们能够像那样工作,总是顺其自然,从不抱怨痛苦、困难或不公。
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
被动地接受罪恶的人与帮助作恶的人一样,都卷入其中。不加反抗地接受邪恶的人,实际上是在与邪恶合作。
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。
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
The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.
二十世纪可能告诉我们,在人类近代史上,我们没有什么可自满的;但它也告诉我们,暴政并非不可避免。
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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
发挥一个人的力量有两种方式:一种是向下推,另一种是向上拉。
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
贫富之间的不平衡是所有共和国中最古老和最致命的弊病。
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。
Extreme law is often extreme injustice.
极端的法律往往是极端的不公正。
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。
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
人类对人类的不人道使无数的人哀悼!