It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.

  • -- Hannah Arendt 阿伦特

众所周知,最激进的革命者在革命后的第一天就会变成保守派。

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The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.

政治活动家的工作不可避免地涉及在当前问题出现时必须采取立场的要求和希望自己的贡献能在时间的破坏中以某种方式幸存下来的愿望之间的某种紧张关系。

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.

主人的工具永远拆不开主人的房子。他们可能允许我们暂时在他自己的游戏中打败他,但他们永远不会允许我们带来真正的改变。

The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.

被压迫人民的记忆是一件无法消除的东西,对于这样的人来说,有了这样的记忆,反抗总是藏在表面之下。

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。”

We are reformers in spring and summer; in autumn and winter, we stand by the old; reformers in the morning, conservers at night.

春天和夏天,我们是改革者;在秋天和冬天,我们站在老;早上是改革者,晚上是服务器。

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

政治不过是共同的脉搏跳动,革命不过是狂热的痉挛。