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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

要使自己的自由得到保障，就连敌人也必须保护自己不受压迫;因为如果他违反了这一义务，他就为自己树立了一个先例。

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则，即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风，但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利，而平等的法律必须保护这些权利，侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

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There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.

没有什么我们不能做的。所以事实上，我们在做一些其他人，尤其是网络电视，不会触及的话题，我们是讽刺作家。

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Freedom...is the act of releasing ourselves from the bondage of that which keeps us from living the life we were meant to live.

自由……是把自己从束缚中释放出来的行为，这种束缚使我们无法过我们想要过的生活。

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What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

自由之于人的灵魂，就像光之于眼，空气之于肺，爱情之于心。

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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

以正确的方式让我们感到渺小是艺术的一种功能;男人只会让我们以错误的方式感到渺小。

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They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security

那些为了暂时的安全而放弃基本自由的人，既不配享有自由，也不配享有安全

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Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.

迫害对他们产生了自然的影响。它为他们找到了一个教派;这使他们成为一个派系。

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Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.

谁不曾坐在自己心幕前呢?它升起来了:景色正在散去。

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I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

我觉得今天的音乐糟透了。我是认真的。

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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

很少人渴望自由;大多数人只希望有一个公正的主人。

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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

不要为十全十美担心——你永远也做不到十全十美。

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