The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

  • -- Harper Lee 哈珀李

唯一不遵守多数决定原则的是一个人的良心。

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

我们可以把每一代人看作是一个独特的民族,他们有权利,按照大多数人的意愿,约束自己,但没有人比另一个国家的居民更能约束后代。

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.

奇怪的是,有学问的人竟没有认识到,新的术语和定义往往意味着新的怀疑和诉讼。

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.

我是个朋克。我想这就是为什么我现在是一个好人,因为那时我是一个坏人。

I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.

我给自己定了个规矩,我在电视上唯一会做的事情就是讲自己的故事。

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

你的良心是衡量你的自私是否诚实的尺度。仔细听。

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

我对我扮演的大多数角色都很着迷。我情不自禁。

Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.

我们国家的灵魂在这里安息,我们的良知也应该在这里安息。