When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

  • -- Walter Lippmann 沃尔特·利普曼

当哲学家们试图成为政治家时,他们通常就不再是哲学家了。

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I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?

我并不完全相信所有的政客都认为黑人儿童和其他群体之间的差距存在问题。我相信很多政客都认为事情一直都是这样的,那么问题出在哪里呢?

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

许多人说,除了自由的人,没有人应当受教育。而是对哲学家们说,只有受过良好教育的人才是自由的。

Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

就目前的情况来看,哲学家们都太喜欢从高层提出批评,而不是从内部研究和理解事物。

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

在政治上,共同的仇恨几乎总是友谊的基础。