A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.
我们不能让自由本身带有任何自由。
The universe moves in the direction of Liberty.
宇宙向着自由的方向运动。
A man without a vote is man without protection.
没有投票权的人就是没有保护的人。
Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide.
不要低估人民。让他们决定。
Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
自由所到之处，让暴君畏惧。
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
维护自由比获得自由更难。
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
如果一个国家只属于一个人，那么它就不是一个国家。
To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
我的权利并不归功于任何人类宪章。
Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.
每一票都很重要，每一票都必须被计算在内。
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
多数人的声音并不能证明正义。
Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.
自由可以获得，但永远无法恢复。
Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.
女权主义并没有失败，只是从来没有尝试过。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
那个社会里的人能走进城镇广场，畅所欲言，而不用担心因为自己的观点而受到惩罚吗?如果是这样，那么这个社会就是一个自由的社会。如果没有，那就是一个充满恐惧的社会。
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
我并不担心我们实验的结果会是，人们可以被信任在没有主人的情况下管理自己。
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
我们谈论政客们出现在公共生活中，但他们很少出现在公共场所，在那里每个人都可以自由地以公民身份出现。
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。