States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

  • -- Avram Noam Chomsky 乔姆斯基

国家不是道德的行动者,而是人,而且可以将道德标准强加给强大的机构。

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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.

只有那些不教导、不叫喊、不屈尊、不解释的东西才是不可抗拒的。

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

惩罚是立法者手中预防犯罪的最后和最不有效的工具。

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

有些价值必须是普遍的,例如人权和每个人的平等价值。

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

火和风,生与死都不能抹杀我们的善行。

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

我们的主要责任是不要把口号错当成解决方案。

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

人类对人类的不人道使无数的人哀悼!