A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
只有自由的人才能谈判;囚犯不能签订合同。你们的自由和我的自由不可分割。
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
我们的国旗不仅仅是众多政治观点之一。相反，国旗是我们国家团结的象征。
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
当我写这首歌的时候，我想让这个国家的人们站在民权的立场上。
Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper.
暴政赦免一切信仰;谁侵犯了我们的权利，不管他的出发点如何，他永远只能是一个篡夺者。
I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.
我相信，你们议会中的兄弟们将捍卫人民的意愿，而不是占领者的意愿。
On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.
人民之间教育的普及取决于我们自由制度的保存和延续。
That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.
所有人都是平等的，这是一个命题，在正常情况下，从来没有一个理智的人赞同过。
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.
投票是少数几件抵制抗议的事情之一，这显然会让问题变得更糟，而不是更好。
If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
如果今天妇女们都起来要求解放，男人就会被迫同意。
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 are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
我们正在努力建设一个更加包容的社会。我们要建设一个没有人被排除在外的国家。
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
我和我们这一代的许多人一样，对种族隔离和对公民权利的一再侵犯感到担忧。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
男性反对女性解放的历史也许比解放本身的故事更有趣。
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。
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
真正的危险是自由被蚕食，为了权宜之计，被部分蚕食。
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order.
地球已经准备好了，时机已经成熟，可以权威地表达女性以及男性对共同社会共识的解释，这种共识正在慢慢地在国家中书写正义，在社会秩序中书写友爱。
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'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。