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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

  • -- Lyndon B. Johnson 林登·约翰逊

投票是人类有史以来所设计的最有力的工具，它打破了不公正，摧毁了囚禁人们的可怕的高墙，因为他们与众不同。

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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

多数决定原则只有在你考虑到个人权利时才有效。因为你不能让五只狼和一只羊来决定晚餐吃什么。

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I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, 'Wait.' Perhaps you can. I can't. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him.

我不能对一个遭受不公待遇的人说:‘等等。“也许你能。我不能。我决定我不能催促他谨慎行事，我必须和他站在一起。

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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

我们可能有时无力阻止不公正，但绝不能有任何时候不进行抗议。

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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

我坚持认为，这个国家通过的每一项民权法案都是为了白人，而不是黑人。

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Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

投票是赋予被统治者同意原则以生命的基本行为。

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