If you deny that any principles of conduct at all are common to and admitted by all men who try to behave reasonably - well, I don't see how you can have any ethics or any ethical background for law.

  • -- Frederick Pollock 波洛克

如果你否认任何行为准则都是所有试图理性行事的人所共有的,并得到他们的承认,那么,我看不出你怎么会有任何道德或法律方面的道德背景。

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But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

但是,假定在同样的前提下,即在自然法则和民族法则下人人平等,奴隶的财产权就会土崩瓦解;因为平等的一方不能成为另一方的所有者或财产。

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

试着找到阻力最小的方法,并在不伤害他人的情况下使用它。活在正直和道德之中,不仅与人,而且与一切众生。

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

说人类之间还没有做过一件事,这就等于竖起了一道比理性更强大、比讨论更强大的屏障。

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

我试着寻找每个人的优点,不管他们被贴上什么样的标签。

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

通常,男人更担心他们看不到的东西,而不是他们能看到的东西。

There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.

没有法律,无论是神的还是人的,是沙龙所尊重的。

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

只要我一直很忙,我是相当快乐的。