He vetoed a number of programs that he thought interfered with rights given to the states by the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

It may be owned by other individuals but it has its own rights and responsibilities as if it were a person.

它的所有权也许属于其他个体,但它有自己权利和义务,就像个自然人一样

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Well, the Greeks had no concept of natural rights, or of rights that human beings were given by the gods.

当然,古希腊人没有自然权利,或者天赋人权的概念

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Human rights groups and witnesses say at least one hundred fifty-seven people were killed, a number disputed by the military government.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

The property rights are established and enforced by the government, which is a democratic government, and we have representatives to enforce those rights.

财产权是由政府确立并且强制实施的，而且是由民主政府，代表我们，来强制实施这些权利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Only by gaining political power could they punish the South and guarantee full political rights to former slaves.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

By 1964, the Civil Rights movement had accomplished amazing things.

到了1964年，民权运动已经取得了，惊人的成就。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Prayers will be offered by Joseph Lowery, a well-known civil rights leader from Atlanta, and by Rick Warren.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Other things like sexual orientation are used as a category by which some people, for religious reasons, need to have a certain level or kinds of rights or be excluded from others and also of course, certain obligations and duties first.

其他的像性取向也会作为一类区别,这些情况下，有些人出于宗教原因，需要有某些层次或者种类的权利,或者要和别人区别开来，当然，首先是要履行一定的责任义务。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Friday, the top U.N. human rights official called for an independent investigation into possible war crimes by both sides in the conflict.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

The very idea of individual rights got reshaped by the Market Revolution.

人权的概念,被市场革命所扭曲

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

It's limited by the obligation on the part of the majority to respect and to enforce the fundamental natural rights of the citizens.

它受限于多数人有义务尊重,并维护公民的基本自然权利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Now the court says the restriction on political speech violates free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

And so it's a mistake, according to strong theories of rights, it's a mistake to think about justice or law by just adding up preferences and values.

这些强有力的权利理论认为，下列看法是错误的,不该只以偏好和价值的加总,来考虑公正或法律。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

On Friday,the UN human rights office expressed concern about unconfirmed reports of kidnapping and abuse of civilians by fighters loyal to Alassane Ouattara.

VOA: special.2011.04.02

The first was the objection, the claim that utilitarianism, " by concerning itself with the greatest good for the greatest number, fails adequately to respect individual rights.

第一点异议，是说功利主义，只关注“为最多的人谋求最大的幸福，没有充分地尊重个人权利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Now,after years of effort by gay rights groups and others, the law will include sexual orientation.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The only constraint given by the law of nature is that the rights we have, the natural rights we have we can't give up nor can we take them from somebody else.

自然法唯一制约的,是我们拥有的这些自然权利,我们不能放弃，也不能剥夺他人的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The copyright holder owns the rights to the song for a period governed by law.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Some of the most open exercises of states' rights, of course, before the 1850s, were conducted by Northerners, like in the Hartford Convention of 1814, like in personal liberty laws that we'll come to a bit later.

州政府最早开始尝试行使权力,还是在十九世纪五十年代之前,由北方人主导的,就像1814年的哈特福德公约,就像我们马上要说到的个人自由法

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And he said the president as well as he could would protect the political rights promised to all people by the Constitution of the United States and the state constitutions.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

And by the way, we, the people of progress, are rooted in those principles of the Declaration of Independence" which are written down essentially as creeds "And, oh and by the way, we have a written Constitution we actually wrote it down, we have a Bill of Rights where we declare these things on paper, unlike the Brits."

顺便说一下,我们,作为进步的人类,是独立宣言的主旨",它被写成文字,作为信条,"顺便再说一下,我们还有一部成文大宪章,我们把它写下来,我们有《人权法案》,一切白纸黑字申明清楚,不像那些英国佬"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

CARLOS AMAYA: "Here I am, and the unique thing about the United States and the American way of living is we have rights to own our own businesses and to actually lead by example."

VOA: special.2009.04.10

"You begin by asserting our rights of ownership," "And I do think asserting our rights of ownership strengthens the legal case.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

But it also says it does not intend to reward Havana by lifting sanctions until it improves human rights conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

An Afghan rights organization says dozens of civilians died in the attack, which was ordered by German forces.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Three years ago efforts to overhaul immigration failed, despite massive protest rallies across the country by immigrant-rights groups.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

But Burma is criticized for "systematically" restricting human rights efforts by Buddhist monks, and concern is expressed about anti-Jewish incidents in Venezuela.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Forest Trends sought to prevent those conflicts by commissioning an international law firm to look into the rights of one tribe,the Surui.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17