A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.
库尔德人民同世界上所有其他国家一样，有自决的权利。
It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
如果不改革选举制度，似乎不可能举行一次可信的选举。
I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
我不同意你说的话，但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。
People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.
人们已经厌倦了对着电视机大喊大叫，他们真的要去投票了。
I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.
我总是更喜欢和女人一起玩，和女人一起出去玩，我永远是一个女权主义者。
I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.
我相信投票是建立一个社区和国家的第一步。
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
如果我们现在不能结束我们之间的分歧，至少我们可以帮助世界实现多元化的安全。
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
有国家就没有自由，有自由就没有国家。
Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.
人的自由结束了，当这种自由成为它的邻居的诅咒时，它也应该结束。
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
任何女人不自由，我就不自由，即使她的枷锁和我的很不一样。
Gradually, you see, our people are coming into the power they have always thought is their due.
你看，我们的人民正在逐渐获得他们一直认为是他们应得的权力。
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
你不能把和平与自由分开，因为没有人能在没有自由的情况下保持和平。
KEEP EXPLORING
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。
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
那些愿意放弃基本自由而换取一点暂时安全的人，既不配享有自由，也不配享有安全。
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。
Every election is determined by the people who show up.
每一次选举都是由选民决定的。
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
很少人渴望自由;大多数人只希望有一个公正的主人。
I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.
我并不是为了把女性从吸尘器后面拉出来，让她们进入胡佛的董事会而奋斗。