And you think that's because our constitution that protects it? I mean do you think... I think to a very considerable extent, it is.

你觉得这要归功于我们宪法,对言论自由的保护？还是说。,我觉得在一定程度上是的。

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For me, that's the context for all of this.

对我来说，这就是美国言论自由的背景。

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How far should freedom of speech and that is to say speech that borders on, even verges into, civic impiety, ? how far should such speech be tolerated?

言论自由的界限,确切的说是临界言论，甚至是跨界谈到公民渎神的言论，这类言论的容忍界限为何？

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And this is in the wake of the Dred Scott decision.

这一言论紧随在德雷德史考特裁决案之后发表

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But he also obviously writes that we are beings with will and purpose who are uniquely guided by opinions, ideas, and doctrines and it is in many ways the first business of the sovereign to act as a moral reformer of ideas.

但他同时也写道,我们是有意志和目标的生物,是唯一由言论，思想和各种学说，所引导的物种,而这正是给君主作为思想道德改造者,的存在提供了可能性。

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Do we believe him in this respect, I mean an important question, do we believe him again, ? is he being sincere in this or is he using this as it were a kind of rhetoric ? with which to envelope himself?

我们相信他这番言论吗，我意指一个重要的问题，我们再次自问是否要相信他，他这么说时是否诚恳,或只是利用这类的修辞,来包裹自己？

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