这是民主主义者而不是独裁者的时代。

This is the time for democrats and not dictators.

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1968年，美国国会通过了《陪审团遴选与服务法案》，开创了陪审团民主改革的新时代。

In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.

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事实上，道格拉斯被他那个时代的民主资本主义理想所吸引，因为这些理想可以用来攻击奴隶制和白人至上主义。

The fact is that Douglass was attracted to these democratic-capitalist ideals of his time because they could be used to attack slavery and the doctrine of White supremacy.

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And you must know, as I looked on, I saw those men in a short time make the former democracy " look like a golden age."

而我一路看来，所见这些人在短期内的作为,似乎使旧民主,看起来像是进入了全盛时代“

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Think of that, that where the law is silent, we have the freedom to do or not to do as we choose, very important to the way we think of liberty today in a modern and you might say liberal democracy.

仔细想想，在法律所认可的地方，我们可按自己的选择去做或是不做，这对身在现代自由民主时代的我们,思考何为自由至关重要。

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