Is it not palpably nearer the truth to say that no man was ever born free and that no two men were ever born equal?

是否应该说,没有人生来就是自由的,也不可能人人生下来都是平等的

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During World War One and Two, our men were out dying in Europe and people voted for someone who said, let's raise the taxes on the rich, someone's profiting from this war now.

这两次世界大战期间，我们的很多同胞战死在欧洲,人们拥护那些要求提高富人缴税水平的人，因为有的富人，是发战争财的。

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