A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
民主
Democracy
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
言论自由带来了一些倾听的自由。
Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
在所有人的想法都一样的地方，没有人想得太多。
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
争取妇女权利的斗争已基本取得胜利。
Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.
自由是无法给予的……它只能被拿走。
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
自由是做法律允许的任何事情的权利。
Every election is determined by the people who show up.
每一次选举都是由选民决定的。
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
如果自由有任何意义，那就意味着进步的自由。
Well, where there is freedom doubt itself must be free.
有自由的地方，怀疑自己一定是自由的。
The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.
自由的传播是自由的最佳保障。
Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.
除了和平，再也没有任何存在的可能。
Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.
每一代人都必须为自己的时代重建自由。
Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.
自由是我们给公民的最珍贵的礼物。
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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。
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
你不能通过剥夺人们的主动性和独立性来培养品格和勇气。
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal and women are created equal.
我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等，女人生而平等。
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。
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
任何女人不自由，我就不自由，即使她的枷锁和我的很不一样。
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。