From ancient times our forefathers have laboured, lived and multiplied on this land.

自古以来，我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。

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We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.

我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。

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Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials.

我们的祖先没有想到人口的增长速度会超过原材料的供应速度。

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They were civilised, inventing gunpowder, steel, when our forefathers ran around with loincloths in caves.

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The Jewish people are not strangers in our ancestral homeland, the land of our forefathers.

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Our forefathers fought a revolution to prevent just such an infringement on our sovereignty and rights.

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