A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自由
Liberty
Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.
过去三十年来，有钱人一直统治着我们。他们打着奴隶主的旗号，企图破坏我们的自由。
There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.
没有所谓的自由。你只会为另一种统治改变一种统治。我们所能做的就是选择我们的主人。
In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
在任何自由社会中，社会一致性与个人自由之间的冲突是永久性的、无法解决的，也是必要的。
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
把我们从官僚主义中拯救出来的唯一办法就是效率低下。一个有效率的官僚机构是对自由的最大威胁。
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
肤浅的人认为自由是对一切法律和约束的解放。智者在其中看到的恰恰相反，是强有力的法律法则。
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
自由不会降临到人民头上;一个民族必须奋起争取自由;这是一种必须先赢得才能享受的祝福。
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
违背文明社会任何成员的意愿，对其正当行使权力的唯一目的是防止伤害他人。
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
自由是一件伟大的事情，我们可以从自己的感情中知道，我们也可以从战争后期白人的行为中判断出来。
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
当提到自由时，我们必须始终谨慎地观察，这是不是真正的主张个人利益，从而被指定。
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
自由对个人的影响是，他们可以做他们喜欢做的事:我们应该先看看他们喜欢做什么，然后再冒险祝贺他们。
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
生存的全部秘密就是无所畏惧。不要害怕你会变成什么样子，不要依靠任何人。只有当你拒绝所有的帮助时，你才会获得自由。
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
除了放弃我们的尊严和这样做的自由来贬低我们自己之外，还有很多其他途径来接近航空安全。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
自由是你唯一不能拥有的东西，除非你把它给别人。
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
但这就是真理的不可抗拒的本性，它所要求的一切，它所需要的一切，就是显现的自由。
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
我宁愿承受太多自由带来的不便，也不愿承受太少自由带来的不便。
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
我有时认为，自由的代价与其说是永远的警惕，不如说是永远的肮脏。
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.
我是贵族。我爱自由;我讨厌平等。
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
我知道我的国家还没有完善。有时，我们一直在努力履行我们所有人民享有自由和平等的承诺。我们也犯过错误，有时我们在世界各地的行动并没有达到我们的最佳意图。