楊逢時 摘編
【摘編者按】許多朋友來函索要拙作《我們到底要什麼﹖——有關中
國人爭取自由的幾點分享》一文附錄的「名人名言」的簡體字版，這
里編者將該部分加以整理，並增添了一些新條目，供大家分享、傳
播。
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility
against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
-- Thomas Jefferson, inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial. 我
向上帝發誓，以人類的精神力量永遠敵對任何形式的極權統治。
——(鐫刻於傑弗遜的紀念碑上)
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat
him last.
--Winston Churchill 和解者餵鱷魚，祈望最後一個被吃掉。
——邱吉爾
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a
revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair, 1903 -- 1950, was an
English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen
intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social
injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to
totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a
belief in democratic socialism.) 在謊言遍地的時代，講真話就
是革命的行動。
——奧維爾
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the
ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They
want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.
This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical
one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a
struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never
did and it never will.
-- Frederick Douglass (1818 –1895, was born into slavery
and is one of the most prominent figures in African American
and United States history.) 一個聲稱熱愛自由卻不屑鼓動喚醒民
眾的人，等於幻想收穫卻不願耕種。他們盼望雨水卻害怕雷電。他們
嚮往海洋卻畏懼風浪。這種鬥爭也許是精神上的，也許是肢體上的，
也許二者兼備。但這必須是鬥爭。權力與力量來自于堅定的訴求，無
論過去或將來這都絕無例外。
——道格拉斯
Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all
of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are
a sham, a pretense -- the sheerest mockery. If the press is
not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if
the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes
no difference under what form of government you live, you
are a subject and not a citizen.
-- William E. Borah (1865 -1940, was a prominent Republican
attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho.) 如
果沒有新聞與言論自由，任何在表面形式上的自由機構(制度)
洞虛假的，甚至是個純粹的笑話。如果新聞不自由，如果言論不獨
立，不能無拘無束，如果思想在恐懼下被鉗制，不管在什麼樣的政府
下生活，你都只是個被管轄的對象而不是公民。
——鮑拉
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a
little security will deserve neither and lose both.
-- Benjamin Franklin 任何社會如果想放棄一點自由而換取一點安
全，必然會將二者都喪失貽盡。
——富蘭克林
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated
under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
-- Charles de Montesquieu (1689-1755, a French social
commentator and political thinker.) 最為黑暗殘酷的極權就是在
法律外殼與正義名義下的長治久安。
——孟德斯鳩
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the
individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the
Fascist or the Communist flag.
--Albert Einstein 無論是在法西斯還是在共產主義的旗幟下集結﹐
任何以恐怖暴力奴役個人的權力都是人類的敵人。
——愛因斯坦
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy of
mankind.
--William Shakespeare 反抗惡魔。視它為人類的敵人。
——莎士比亞
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
-- Ronald Reagan 集權總是自由的敵人。
——里根
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
-- Thomas Jefferson 對極權的抵抗就是對上帝的順服。
——傑弗遜
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let
us show them we can fight like men also.
-- Thomas Jefferson 我們的敵人發現我們能像個人一樣地推理﹐現
在讓我們告訴他們﹐我們還能像個人一樣地戰鬥。
——傑弗遜
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for
something, sometime in your life.
--Winston Churchill 你有敵人﹖很好。這說明你在生命中的某一時
刻堅持了某一理念。
——邱吉爾
No people in history have ever survived who thought they
could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive
to their enemies.
-- Dean Acheson (1893—1971, an American statesman and
lawyer; as United States Secretary of State during 1949-1953,
he played a central role in defining American foreign policy
during the Cold War.) 歷史上以為用溫情討好敵人就能保護自由的
人﹐斷無得以生存。
——艾奇遜
The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is
the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that
it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.
-- Hugo Black (1886 – 1971, an American politician and
jurist). 憲法的制定者們清楚言論自由是革命與變革的朋友﹐同時
也是極權的死敵。
——雨果·布萊克-
No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her
own way is without enemies.
-- Daisy Bates (1914 – 1999, an American civil rights
activist, publisher and writer who played a leading role in
the Little Rock integration crisis of 1957.) 沒有任何人希望
以自己的方式追求理想卻沒有敵人。
——黛西?貝茨
Forgive your enemies, but first get even.
-- Lester Cole (1904 – 1985, an American screenwriter.) 首
先取得公平﹐然後才談得上原諒敵人。
——萊斯特·科爾
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not
read that we ought to forgive our friends.
-- Francis Bacon (1909 -1992, an Irish born figurative
painter of English descent.) 我們知道應原諒我們的敵人﹐但卻
不懂得要原諒我們的朋友。
——培根
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they
shoot.
-- William Ralph Inge (1860 --1954, an English author,
Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.) 自由的敵人從不和你多費口舌﹔他
們吼叫著向你開槍。
——英奇
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against
his government.
-- Edward Abbey (1927—1989, an American author and essayist
noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism
of public land policies.) 一個愛國者必須時刻準備捍衛自己的國
家而對抗政府。
——愛德華·艾比
He who is not with me is against me.
-- Matthew 12:30, Luke 11:23 不與我相合的﹐就是敵我的。
——聖經·馬太福音
Simply let your 「yes」 be 「Yes」, and your 「No」, 「No」;
anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
-- Matthew 5:37 你們的話﹐是﹐就說是﹔不是﹐就說不是﹔若再多
說﹐就是從惡裡出來的。
——聖經·馬太福音
