You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.

  • -- Stephen Breyer 斯蒂芬·布雷耶

你可以有很多不同的选择系统,但底线必须是这样一个系统,一旦法官上任,他或她就会觉得他或她决定案件,而不考虑当时流行的事情或流行的意愿。

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Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

当然,我可以做得不一样……把我的小丑放在壁橱里,穿上整齐的衣服。我可以牺牲我的灵魂,吞噬我的灵魂。

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

想想如果人类社会建立在爱而不是正义的基础上,将会有多么不同。但地球上从未存在过这样的社会。

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

聪明的人懂得底线并不总是他们的首要任务。