So I think that our immigration laws are little bit too harsh,

所以我认为我们的移民法有点太苛刻了，

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But those human laws are only legitimate if they respect our natural rights, if they respect our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property.

但这些人类法律合法的唯一前提,就是尊重我们的自然权利，尊重我们不可剥夺的生命，自由和财产权。

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The laws are not only like our parents, they are like our ancestors, as we might say, who are owed respect and piety.

法律不只像是我们的父母，也像是我们的祖先，我们可以说，他们值得我尊重与孝敬。

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What does our best theory about the laws of nature tell us?

我们最经典的的自然规律告诉了我们什么

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And so we should base morality, whether we're thinking about what to do in our own lives or whether as legislators or citizens, we're thinking about what the laws should be.

所以我们应以道德为基准，不管是在考虑个人行为时,还是作为立法者或普通公民，考虑如何立法时。

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This was, again, the thesis of the classical republicans according to which we are only fully human, or we only become fully human, when we are engaged in political life, in ruling ourselves by laws of our own making.

这再一次印证了典型共和派的的宗旨,根据于我们是完全的人，我们要变成完全的人，当我们被牵扯到政治生活中，我们用我们自己制造的法律来统治自己。

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