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压迫
Oppression
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则,即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风,但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利,而平等的法律必须保护这些权利,侵犯这些权利就是压迫。
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As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.
由于存在对多数人的压迫,这种压迫将以日益增长的仇恨进行斗争。
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
如果作家只是坐着谈论压迫,他们就不会有太多写作。
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
反抗压迫的欲望根植于人的本性之中。
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
当一个人被剥夺过他所相信的生活的权利时,他别无选择,只能成为一个不法之徒。
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
反抗暴君就是服从上帝。
Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.
迫害对他们产生了自然的影响。它为他们找到了一个教派;这使他们成为一个派系。