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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

如果一个国家期望无知和自由，在文明的状态下，它期望的是过去和将来都不会发生的事情。

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Julian Assange is certainly no hero. The man behind WikiLeaks issued threats as if he were Dr. No bent on ending civilization as we know it. We will find him, lock him up, and throw away the key. But give the man credit; for a week the truth was laid bare.

朱利安•阿桑奇当然不是英雄。维基解密背后的人发出了威胁，仿佛他是决心终结我们所知的文明的诺博士。我们会找到他，把他锁起来，然后扔掉钥匙。但要称赞那人。整整一个星期，真相大白于天下。

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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

我们认为，文明是在生活的迫切需要的压力下，以满足本能为代价而创造的。

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

因为自由不仅仅是挣脱自己的枷锁，而是以尊重和增进他人自由的方式生活。

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Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.

忘记的错误。忘记失败。忘记一切，除了你现在要做的，然后去做。

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The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

在政治上，我们都可以肯定的一点是，你也会期待意想不到的事情。

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An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.

一个无知的人不知道你刚刚发现了什么。

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We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

我们是一个法治国家，也是一个移民国家。

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Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.

那些恨你的人，嫉妒你的自由。

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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

有学问的人知道自己无知。

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Giving is what makes a nation great.

给予使一个国家伟大。

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