美國獨立日:美國獨立宣言全文(2)

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

他拒絕批准對公衆利益最有益、最必需的法律。

He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend them.

他禁止他的殖民總督批准刻不容緩、極端重要的法律，要不就先行擱置這些法律直至徵得他的同意，而這些法律被擱置以後，他又完全置之不理。

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

他拒絕批准便利大地區人民的其他的法律，除非這些地區的人民情願放棄自己在自己在立法機構中的代表權；而代表權對人民是無比珍貴的，只有暴君才畏懼它。

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

他把各州的立法委員召集到一個異乎尋常、極不舒適而有遠離他們的檔案庫的地方去開會，其目的無非是使他們疲憊不堪，被迫就範。

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasion on the rights of the people.

他一再解散各州的衆議院，因爲後者堅決反對他侵犯人民的權利。