There is punishment and before you know it, everybody is insecure in the enjoyment of his or her unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property.

就能惩罚他，不知不觉间，所有人不可剥夺的生命，自由,和财产权都没了保障。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It's a violation of people's liberty for the government to force everyone whether they want to or not to put aside some earnings today for the sake of their retirement.

这侵犯了人们的自由,因为政府强迫所有人，不管愿不愿意,都得储蓄一部分当前收入，留到退休时用。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

If we all have a desire to know, ? doesn't this connote something universal, that all should be free, that all should participate in ruling and being ruled as citizens of a city?

如果我们都有求知欲，这不就意味着一种普遍性吗，即所有的人都应是自由人，所有的公民应参与城市中的统治,与被统治的活动？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

If you go back to the Declaration of Independence, it doesn't say: "We Americans believe these truths to be self-evident. " It says: "We believe these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and all men are entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happyness."

如果你回头再看看独立宣言，上面并没有说：,美国人相信,这些都是不言而喻的真理“,上面所说的是，我们相信这些真理不言而喻，从而,人人平等，所有人都拥有,人身自由，都有追求幸福的权利“

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选