A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.
一直以来的呼声是，一旦宣战，所有的反对意见都应保持沉默。对于一个自由国家来说，一种更不值得的情绪是难以传播的。
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.
少数服从多数，就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时，它是无法抗拒的。
I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.
我仍然乐观。我们在欧洲和世界其他地方看到的是，自由比激进的原教旨主义更具吸引力。
A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, make no mistake about it, endure.
一个自由的民族，自由地信仰我们所希望的，自由地表达我们的思想，自由地抚养我们认为合适的孩子。
I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
我从平等的角度说，女性和男性平等的关键是她要做决策者，她的选择要有控制力。
At its birth, the republic gave voice to three words---Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! If Europe is wise and just, each of those words signifies Peace.
共和国诞生之初，就发出了三个词的声音:自由、平等、博爱!如果欧洲是明智和公正的，每一个词都意味着和平。
I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.
我认为有一种自由主义的因素让我无法被接受。他们不喜欢我在很多问题上的立场，因为我很保守。
The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
联合国的会员国几乎包括世界上所有的国家，它是建立在人人价值平等的原则之上的。
Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.
公民自由是一种人的地位，他受到法律和民事机构的保障，为自己的福利而完全使用自己的一切权力。
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
自由对个人的影响是，他们可以做他们喜欢做的事:我们应该先看看他们喜欢做什么，然后再冒险祝贺他们。
The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
开普敦地铁的政治是错误的，它允许一个执行市长委员会在幕后做出影响你的秘密决定!
This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.
这种服从是对自由的一种限制，但除非是一般性的服从，否则就没有什么好的意图;也不是一般的，除非是自然的。
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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.
我们自称是一个自由的国家，然而我们却让自己在酒店门口被一个男人告知我们可以乘坐什么出租车，不可以乘坐什么出租车，仅仅因为他穿了一件鼓少校的制服。
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。
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。
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。
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。