The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others that are of advantage to a ruling minority, but harmful to the masses of men, and can be enforced on them only by terror.

法律是一种灵巧的风俗习惯的混合体，这些风俗习惯有益于社会，即使没有法律存在，也可以遵循;而另一些风俗习惯则有利于统治少数人，但对大多数人有害，只能通过恐怖手段强加于他们。

The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.

一个社会潜在的物质生产力水平既取决于其成员智力的发展，也取决于人口特征和消费的最低标准。

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.

对于那些拥有一些资本，打算移民以改善其生活条件的人来说，主要考虑的是在他们未来居住的土地上可能找到社会。

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty.

衡量一个社会伟大与否的标准在于它如何对待那些最需要帮助的人，那些除了贫穷一无所有的人。

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

在一个以大众消费为中心的社会中，所有权的模式是上瘾。

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

我们越能创造一个更好的社会，让更多的人受益，我们的社会就越有可能继续发展和繁荣。

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

社会上最不可饶恕的罪恶是思想的独立。

The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; it's love - that one principle.

推动社会进步的不是技术，也不是所谓的发展;这就是爱——这是唯一的原则。

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.

构成社会的其他阶级，首先是自由人，拥有一小部分土地，独立自主，尽管他们有时自愿成为更富裕的邻居的附庸，而这些邻居的权力对他们的保护是必要的。

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

通往自由社会的道路并不简单。我们的历史上有悲剧和辉煌的篇章。

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

我最尊敬的人表现得好像他们是不朽的，社会是永恒的。

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

当前的掌权者忘记了开放社会的首要原则，即我们可能错了，必须有自由的讨论。在不爱国的情况下反对这些政策是可能的。

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.

在我们的社会中，没有工作的人往往是最脆弱的，失业对任何遭受失业的人来说都是一个可怕的困境。

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

宽容的社会已经被允许成为一个肮脏的词语。一个更好的说法是文明社会。

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

象棋在社会中的地位与年轻人对我们游戏的态度密切相关。