A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
只要有权威，就有不服从的自然倾向。
An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
明智而认真的反对是对国家忠诚的一部分。
The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
唯一不遵守多数决定原则的是一个人的良心。
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
不服从是自由的真正基础。顺从的人必须是奴隶。
Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
组织自由公正的选举比选举结果本身更重要。
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
在一个普遍存在欺骗的时代，讲真话变成了一种革命性的行为。
That which concerns everyone must also be discussed and approved by everyone.
涉及每个人的问题也必须得到每个人的讨论和批准。
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。
Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
听着，任何举办电影节的人都有权展示他们想要的东西。
I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it.
我不同意你说的话，但我誓死捍卫你说话的权利。
Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.
从今往后，我们要成为一个独立国家的自由公民。
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.
政治正确并不意味着立法上的宽容;它只组织仇恨。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.
我们已经学会说，只有把善扩展到整个社会，才能使任何一个人或任何一个阶层得到保障。但是，我们还没有学会给这句话加上一句:除非所有的人、所有的阶级都为一件好事做出贡献，否则我们甚至不能肯定它是否值得拥有。
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.
不同意见的自由并不局限于无关紧要的事。那将仅仅是自由的影子。对其实质内容的检验是，有权对触及现有秩序核心的事物持不同意见。
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。
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
我并不担心我们实验的结果会是，人们可以被信任在没有主人的情况下管理自己。