It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

人们普遍错误地认为,对公众抱怨最多的人,也就是对其福利最焦虑的人。

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My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

我的印象是,大多数的女性公共服务工作者都是脾气暴躁的。正是因为他们比任何人都更关心服务,所以他们仍然希望找到一个合理和公平的谈判协议。但他们的耐心已经耗尽。

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

什么是公共历史?它不过是那些参与权力争夺者的成功与失望、罪恶、愚蠢和争吵的记录。

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

人们急于改善环境,却不愿改善自己;因此,它们仍然受到约束。

I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'

我最近几乎更担心的是,‘这是你的机会,现在你必须抓住它。’

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

我妈妈靠救济金独自抚养我们三个男孩。它并不比任何人的生活更糟。

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.

动物福利问题对我来说一直很重要。