The libertarian's argument against redistribution begins with this fundamental idea that we own ourselves.

自由主义者反对再分配的论断,始于人人自主这一基本理念。

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So he moves, as the libertarians later would move, from the idea that we own ourselves, that we have property in our persons to the closely connected idea that we own our own labor.

因此他更进一步，自由主义者此后也将如此，从自我拥有的观点，从我们拥有自我所有权，更进一步,到与之紧密关联的，我们拥有自己劳动的观点。

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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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Absolutely. The reason why we have a right to free speech is because we have a right to own ourselves, to exercise our voice in any way that we choose.

当然，我们之所以享有言论自由,是因为我们是自己的主人，有权用任何方式表达自己的观点。

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Maybe, she suggested, we don't own ourselves after all.

她提出，也许我们终究并不拥有自主权。

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