For the ancients, liberty meant living in a self-governing republic, living in a republic in which everyone again took some share in the ruling offices.

古人认为自由即意味着,生活在一个拥有自治权的共和国里，一个人人都有机会,治理国家的地方。

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Very difficult problems, but in my judgement, all solvable if we generate the country in the kind of bipartizan political cooperation and political courage that will be necessary to fix them.

这些问题很不容易解决，但我认为,不是不能解决，只要我们,以这种两党制的合作形式治理国家,还要有治理它们的政治勇气。

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