By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

我所说的自由,是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护,不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。

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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。

It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet I was never out of an assurance of mine interest, nor long out of sight of His presence.

自从他确定以来,已经有将近三十年了;从那时候以来,虽然有了许多的罪,但我从来没有离开过我所关心的事,也没有长久离开过他的面。

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

当历史发生重大变化时,当涉及重大原则时,大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

没有女人会爱上一个男人,除非她对他有比他应得的更好的看法。

Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth.

我们听到的一切都是意见而不是事实。我们所看到的一切都是一种观点,而不是事实。

It is so easy to believe someone when they tell you exactly what you want to hear.

当别人告诉你你想听的时候,你很容易相信他们。

I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.

我爱作为一个女人的方方面面。我认为你应该庆祝你是谁。

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

平等是自由的灵魂;事实上,没有自由就没有自由。

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

个人自由是人类进步的必要前提。