Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

改革是肯定的,保守主义是否定的;保守主义追求舒适,改革追求真理。

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A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

一个忠诚的自由主义者可以与其他自由主义者为所欲为,只要这个忠诚的自由主义者是自由主义者,攻击保守派的左右派,说出正确的话,他们就可以为所欲为。

We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program.

我们要确保社会保障是固定的,为那些曾经有过这种承诺的人提供保障,我们的年轻工人在未来也会得到保障。我们不打算做福利计划。

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.

没有黑人保守派。哦,有一些新保守主义者的皮肤是黑色的,但他们除了生物学上的肤色外,没有任何黑皮肤的主张。他们忘记了自己的根。

I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

我有一些安全措施可以保护我不受挑衅,但当然还有一些更可怕的行动是任何安全措施都无法阻止的。

Liberals do not appear to address potential solutions with anything like the far right's aura of God-given self-confidence.

自由主义者似乎没有带着极右翼那种天赐自信的光环来解决潜在的问题。

Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.

通常,那些胡言乱语的自由主义者的嘴是可爱的,但在战争中,他们本能的愚蠢行为是危及生命的。