they are forced to work by slave-drivers or because they need to work in order to be fed and clothed.
8. …when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.
…when the unfair practice of judhing human value by the amount of money a person has irs done away with.
9. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.
Those who harbor hate in their hearts cannot grasp the teachings of God. Only those who have love can enjoy the ultimate happiness in Heaven.
10. Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds.
Let us be dissatisfied until America no longer only talk about racial equality but is unwilling or reluctant to take action to end such evil practice as racial discrimination.
Translation
1. A white lie is better than a black lie.
一个无关紧要的谎言总比一个恶意的谎言要好。
2. To upset this cultural homicide,the Negro must rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood.
为了挫败各种蓄意培植的低人一等的心态,黑人必须直起腰来宣布自己高贵的人格。
3. ... with a spirit staining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles of self-abnegation...
黑人必须以一种竭尽全力自尊自重的精神,大胆抛弃自我克制的枷锁。
4. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
必须懂得没有爱的权力是毫无节制、易被滥用的,而没有权力的爱则是多愁善感、脆弱无力的。
5. It is precisely this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our times.
正是这种邪恶的权力和没有权势的道义的冲突构成了我们时代的主要危机。
6. Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation, as destructive of initiative and responsibility.
在本世纪之初,这种建议会受到嘲笑和谴责,认为它对主动性和责任感起负面作用
7. The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increases power and enriches literature and elevates thought, is not done to secure a living.
事实上,人们从事改善人类处境的工作,从事传播知识、增强实力、丰富文学财富以及升华思想的工作并不是为了谋生。
8. ... it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here on earth. ......它能够花费几十亿美元帮助上帝的孩子自立于这个世界。
9. Furthermore, few if any violent revolutions have been successful unless the violent minority had the sympathy and support of the nonresistant majority.
除非主张暴力的少数人得到大多数人的同情与支持,不和他们对抗,否则,暴力革命很少或者说几乎没有成功的。
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