A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.
我们被教导要把人民的代表看作是自由瞭望塔上的哨兵。
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
新英格兰的人们，我坚持你们从清教徒祖先那里继承来的自由主义。
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
当历史发生重大变化时，当涉及重大原则时，大多数人通常是错误的。
And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
地生植物，海摇波浪，哥伦比亚的子孙就永远不作奴仆。
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
没有二等公民这回事。这就像告诉我你可能有点怀孕了。
Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
选举权是公民的一项共同权利。妇女有选举权。从逻辑上讲，它是无法转义的。
African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism
如果非洲民族主义不是泛非主义，那么它就是毫无意义的、危险的、不合时宜的
Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.
自半个世纪前欧盟成立以来，欧洲经历了历史上最长的和平时期。
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。
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
在各共和国，最大的危险是多数人可能没有充分尊重少数人的权利。
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
任何一个为了获得一点安全而放弃一点自由的社会，都不配拥有这两样东西，也不会两样都失去。
The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.
联合国的宗旨应该是保护大小国家的基本主权。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
非洲人要求、想要以一人一票为基础的选举权。他们想要政治独立。
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。
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。
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
选票比子弹更有威力。
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。
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。