A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
不平等最糟糕的形式是试图使不平等的东西平等。
The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.
普通人不想要自由。他只是想要安全。
Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
如果有自由投票的权利，人民会支持我的回归。
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
文明是秩序，自由是促进文化活动。
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
我们必须谈论解放思想和解放社会。
With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.
有了自由的祝福，我们有责任捍卫它。
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
无论戴着镣铐还是戴着桂冠，自由只知道胜利。
Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
爱国主义是对不动产的任意崇拜，凌驾于原则之上。
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.
很少有民选领导人如此坚决地违抗公众意愿。
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
在每个国家、每个时代，牧师都对自由怀有敌意。
The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.
联合国是我们对和平与自由世界的一个巨大希望。
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
没有一个国家能在持续不断的战争中维护自己的自由。
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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。
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
对于自由的人民，并打算保持自由的人民，有组织和武装的民兵是他们最好的保障。
Liberties aren't given, they are taken.
自由不是被给予的，而是被夺走的。
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。
Obvious and inexorable oppression that cannot be overcome does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
无法克服的明显和无情的压迫不会引起反抗，而是会使人屈服。
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。