A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
One man shall have one vote.
一人一票。
Voting is a civic sacrament.
投票是公民的圣礼。
I can't tell anyone to vote.
我不能让任何人投票。
Freedom is a universal value.
自由是一种普世价值。
No man may make another free.
无人能使他人自由。
Elections are rarely perfect.
选举很少是完美的。
We want the Voting Rights Act.
我们想要投票权法案。
Where laws end, tyranny begins.
法律在哪里终结，暴政就在哪里开始。
I have faith in the jury system.
我对陪审团制度有信心。
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
太多的自由会腐蚀我们所有人。
I certainly support civil unions.
我当然支持民事结合。
Freedom is living without chains.
自由就是没有锁链的生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
新闻自由本身不是目的，而是实现自由社会的一种手段。
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
自由，当它开始生根时，是一株迅速生长的植物。
Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
卓越的天才使人走旁人走过的路变得平坦。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。