And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.

  • -- Caleb Cushing 卡莱布库欣

如果这所房子要被它的职责所吓倒,不管受到什么影响,去接受和听取人民的请愿,那么我将把我的声音送出这座国会大厦的高墙,要求纠正。

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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

诺曼人手里拿着长矛走过来,把他们面前的一切都烧了,践踏了,用剑刃把撒克逊王朝和撒克逊贵族砍了个精光;但是请愿的权利仍然没有受到影响。

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

有些人不会读书,但他们会读我的书。

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

人们在冒险去做自己喜欢的事情之前,必须先经历真正的痛苦。