The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

  • -- William H. Seward 威廉·亨利·苏厄德

拥有奴隶的权利意味着某人拥有奴役奴隶的权利;这种权利必须是平等和相互的,这将使社会陷入永远的战争状态。

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Under Medicare right now, I get paid to put a pacemaker in you, but I don't get paid to counsel you about end-of-life care.

根据现在的医疗保险制度,我给你装起搏器是有报酬的,但我不会给你提供临终关怀方面的咨询。

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

归根结底,财产权和人身权是一回事。

Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

一旦你放弃了权利,他们就不会再还给你了。

Never let a sense of what is right blind you to what is true.

永远不要让对什么是对的感觉蒙蔽了你对什么是真实的。