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This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

  • -- Elmer Davis 艾莫尔·戴维斯

这个国家孕育于自由之中，奉行的原则包括:诚实的人可以诚实地提出异议;如果他们都能说出自己的想法，大多数人就能分清是非。

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I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.

没有你我无法统治。你和我有同样的责任。我是玻利维亚的头号仆人。仆人——为国家服务的人，而不是为国家服务的人。

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

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One of our most fatal errors is assuming that our principles will insure their own observance.

我们最致命的错误之一是假定我们的原则将确保它们自己得到遵守。

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I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.

因此，我请求你允许我放弃这一艰巨的任务。

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

自由不是达到更高政治目的的手段。这本身就是最高的政治目的。

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Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.

哪里有工人，哪里就有国家。

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