The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

我们判断一个国家是否真正自由的最确定的标准是少数民族享有多少安全保障。

相关名言

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

当历史发生重大变化时,当涉及重大原则时,大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。

People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hocpe for them.

人们希望安定下来:只有当他们安定下来的时候,他们才会有飞节。

Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe.

安全是试图让宇宙静止,让我们感到安全。

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.

在自由和美德的事业中,成为少数派并不可耻。