A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
Liberties aren't given, they are taken.
自由不是被给予的,而是被夺走的。
The idea of equal rights was in the air.
人人都有平等权利的想法。
The enemies of freedom will not prevail.
自由的敌人不会获胜。
The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
平等的呼声把每个人都拉了下来。
I was involved in some peaceful protests.
我参与了一些和平抗议活动。
If we are not represented, we are slaves.
如果没有代表,我们就是奴隶。
Universal suffrage is counter-revolution.
普选是反革命的。
Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
无论如何,没有人真正相信平等。
If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.
如果奴隶制没有错,那就没有什么错。
Marriage equality changed life for people.
婚姻平等改变了人们的生活。
We love peace, but not peace at any price.
我们热爱和平,但绝不以任何代价换取和平。
Every citizen is king under a citizen king.
每个公民都是公民国王统治下的国王。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
如果自由意味着什么,那就是告诉人们他们不想听的话的权利。