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Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.

  • -- Eric Liu 刘耀威

今天关于公民身份的讨论常常是空洞无物的。这个词在日常会话中有一种略微过时的感觉。当它在国家政治中被唤起时，通常伴随着文化战争迫击炮轰鸣而来。

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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

为什么公民身份应该是一个出生问题?那些想要终止出生公民权的人所持的前提是，有些人应该享有，有些人不应该——这种身份不应该自动被授予。坦白地说，这是一个值得考虑的前提。

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It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it.

的确，国家的领土是我们的。的确，它是靠全国人民的英勇和财富获得的。但是，我们对它没有任何专断的权力。

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I also never went there when I was little because I was too busy working and traveling on national tours.

我小的时候也从来没有去过那里，因为我太忙于工作和国家旅游。

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