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民主
Democracy
Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.
为什么人们要通过投票来羞辱自己?我没有投票，因为我有尊严。如果我闭上鼻子投票给他们中的一个，我就会往自己脸上吐口水。
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.
我们所说的安全是通过一个以法律和正义原则为基础的国际组织来发展国际法来实现的。
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
反对理性的人是真正的叛逆者，但为捍卫理性而反对暴政的人比乔治三世更有资格捍卫信仰。
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
使人聪明，使人自由。由此产生了公民自由;任何篡夺的权力都不能抵挡舆论的炮火。
You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.
你可以让土耳其留在欧洲地图上，如果你喜欢，你可以叫这个国家的名字，但不要认为你可以在这个国家保持穆罕默德的统治。
I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.
我并不是说所谓的民权发展是一个神话，而是一个面对现实的问题。它纯粹是外围的，在很多情况下，它只是一个门面。
We fully believed, so soon as we saw that woman's suffrage was right, every one would soon see the same thing, and that in a year or two, at farthest, it would be granted.
我们完全相信，只要我们看到妇女的选举权是正确的，每个人很快就会看到同样的事情，而且在一两年内，最多也会得到批准。
In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.
在我出生的地方，我不能投票，而一个十八岁的年轻人可以投票。,为什么?因为他或她拥有那种奇妙的生物属性——白皮肤。
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。
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
公民之间仅仅因为他们的祖先而产生的差别，就其本质而言，是建立在平等原则基础上的自由人民所憎恶的。
We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.
我们称我们的国家为勇士之家和自由之国，但事实并非如此。我们对自由的描述是错误的。我们不是自由的——如果我们是自由的，我们会允许人们自由。
Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.
现在，波多黎各人民有了一条道路来表达他们对波多黎各政治地位的自决，有些人试图阻止这条道路。
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A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
一个将平等置于自由之上的社会将两者都得不到。一个将自由置于平等之前的社会将在这两方面都得到高度重视。
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.
不同意见的自由并不局限于无关紧要的事。那将仅仅是自由的影子。对其实质内容的检验是，有权对触及现有秩序核心的事物持不同意见。
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。
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。
We hope and we've made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete withdrawal. Our position is it needs to be done as soon as possible so that the elections can be free, fair and free of outside influence.
我们希望，我们已经明确表示，部队需要出动。它需要是完全和彻底的撤退。我们的立场是，必须尽快完成这项工作，使选举能够自由、公正和不受外来影响。
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。