So in that case we would send you to a program in Geneva on international human rights that would give you the international markers that you need to press cases in your particular country setting, and so on.

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Your first thing is responsibility to fulfill your rights to your people, to your culture, to your family, to your government.

你的首要任务是履行义务而不是行使权利,对人民，对文化圈，对家庭，对政府都是如此。

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Now, one of the reasons why people would-- it's unthinkable for someone like me or for probably most of you to imagine giving up your rights to a kind of absolute rule, though we seem to be in a situation like that, where that's happened quite a lot recently, even in this own country.

我或者你们中绝大多数的人,很难想象会有这么多人,宁愿放弃自己的权利,而屈从于一种绝对王权的原因,尽管在我们国家,最近类似的事情层出不穷,让我们仿佛能够感同身受

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infects your idea of the understanding of rights, of course, rights exists, but they are for groups.

侵蚀了你对权利的理解，当然权利肯定存在，但它们是集体的。

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So even once the majority is in charge, the majority can't violate your inalienable rights, can't violate your fundamental right to life, liberty, and property.

所以即使多数人掌权，多数人也不能侵犯你不可剥夺的权利，不能侵犯你基本的生命，自由和财产权。

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But you're not allowed to give up your natural rights either.

认为连你自己都不能放弃你的自然权利。

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