The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

一个人如果把自己的国家看得比任何其他义务都重要,那么他的精神就和一个人把自己的一切权利都交给国家一样。他们都否认权利高于权威。

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Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

没有什么比一个朋友相信他比另一个朋友优越更能加强友谊了。

What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.

什么可以,什么不可以,到最后总会屈服于必须存在的东西。

We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.

我们否认并一直否认与基地组织有任何联系。

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

我从来没有否认。我从来没有矛盾。我有时会忘记。

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

自由——自由地走,没有优越。