Conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

保守主义者:迷恋现存罪恶的政治家,与自由主义者不同,自由主义者希望用其他罪恶取而代之。

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The big breakthrough for me was, once I stopped disliking conservatives and could actually see what they were right about, they showed me a lot of things that liberals were wrong about. But at the same time, I think there are some things that liberals are right about that conservatives have trouble seeing.

对我来说,最大的突破是,一旦我不再讨厌保守派,能够真正看到他们在哪些方面是正确的,他们向我展示了自由派在很多方面是错误的。但与此同时,我认为自由主义者在某些方面是正确的,而保守派却难以看到。

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

自由主义者似乎认为,如果你不相信他们特定的政治解决方案,那么你就不会真正关心他们声称想要帮助的那些人。

There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的,所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的,所以更好。”

Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

自由主义是人民的信任,经过审慎的磨炼;保守主义,对人的不信任,被恐惧所调和。