Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

  • -- Patrick Henry 亨利

警惕公众自由。怀疑每一个接近那颗宝石的人。不幸的是,除了赤裸裸的武力外,没有任何东西能够保护它。一旦你放弃了这种力量,你就不可避免地会被毁灭。

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I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.

只有当所有的人,男人和女人,都同样自由的时候,我才是真正自由的。他人的自由非但不会否定或限制我的自由,相反,它是我自由的必要前提和确证。

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

我喜欢在装饰世界的美丽事物中漫步;但是私人财产,或者任何个人财产,我都会减少,因为它们会夺走我的自由。