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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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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.

在我看来，拒绝接受一项请愿书，或由某种一般命令直接拒绝请愿书，与拒绝请愿权之间是无法区别的。

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Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature

没有什么比严肃更滑稽的了，严肃被理解为一种美德，必须先于所有重要的文学作品

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When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.

当我在做一场音乐会时，人们把手举到空中，他们是在自己做这件事。

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