A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
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。
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
我宁愿做一个独立国家的公民，也不愿做一个被奴役国家的皇帝。
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
民族是政治独立的奇迹;种族是物理类比的原则。
You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
你可能会认为河流会倒流，就像任何生来就满足于被囚禁的人一样。
Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.
是的，为了把世界从第三次世界大战的可怕破坏中拯救出来，和平能够而且必须赢得。
Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.
撇开史密斯和卡洛斯不谈，我反对利用奥林匹克奖来发表政治声明。
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
非洲联盟的诞生应该鼓励我们重新审视非洲国家之间的关系。
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。
Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
自由从来不是容易赢得的，但一旦建立起来，自由就会持久、传播并压制暴政。
When we lose our liberties, it does not happen in one dramatic moment, but gradually and quietly.
当我们失去自由时，它不会在一个戏剧性的时刻发生，而是逐渐地、悄无声息地发生。
Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.
自由就是自由，不是平等、公平、正义、人类的幸福或平静的良心。
We have asked men for votes, they have given us advice. At present they are also giving us abuse.
我们要求人们投票，他们给了我们建议。目前，他们也给我们虐待。
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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。
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal and women are created equal.
我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等，女人生而平等。
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。
Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.
但是，如果不从妇女的角度理解和平，就不可能实现平等和发展。
Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.
自由是无法给予的……它只能被拿走。
Nobody's free until everybody's free.
没有人是自由的，除非每个人都自由。