One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

  • -- Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

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Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometimes. But more often what it signifies is that there are no respected processes for surfacing concerns and dissent.

许多首席执行官和领导者认为沉默是金,共识是福。有时是这样。但更常见的情况是,这意味着在表达担忧和异议方面没有受到尊重的程序。

I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.

我不太在意我的音乐属于哪一类,也没有必要限制你能接触到的人,但我希望它受到尊重。

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

如果穷人的痛苦不是由自然法则造成的,而是由我们的制度造成的,那么我们的罪就太大了。

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

没有任何法律或条例比理解更强大。