来自《哈佛大学公共课-公正：该如何做是好 第3集》

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  then, Alex, you could say, on the Hustings.
  那么 亚历克斯 你在竞选时可以说
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  Surely, you would all agree
  选民们 你们肯定都赞同
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  that we shouldn't put the right to individual liberty up to a vote.
  不该以投票来决定个人自由 [这本应是不投票就有的]
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  Yeah, that's exactly right,
  是的 那非常正确
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  and that's why we have a constitutional amendments.
  正是因此我们有宪法修正案
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  and why do we make it so hard to amend our constitution.
  正是因此 我们修订宪法才会如此困难
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  So you would say that the right to private property,
  所以你的意思是 私有财产权
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  the right of Michael Jordan to keep all the money he makes
  即迈克尔·乔丹保有他所有收入
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  at least to protect it from redistribution
  至少保护它不被再分配的权利
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  is the same kind of right,with the same kind of weight
  和保护言论自由 保护信仰自由
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  as the right to freedom of speech, the right to religious liberty,
  都是一样的 都同等重要
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  rights that should trump what the majority wants.
  是应该高于多数派选择的权利