We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

  • -- William O. Douglas 威廉·道格拉斯

我们不是作为一个超级立法机构来衡量立法的智慧。

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I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.

我认为我们应该暂停两年的国会选举,告诉他们,不管他们做出什么决定,我们都不会反对他们,让他们帮助这个国家恢复。我真的希望有人能同意我的看法。

It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

如果法律过于繁冗,无法阅读,或者过于杂乱无章,无法理解,那对人民就没有什么帮助。

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。