But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

  • -- George Haven Putnam 乔治黑文普特南

但你说你是保守的——非常保守——而我们是革命性的、破坏性的,或诸如此类的东西。保守主义是什么?它不是坚持旧的和尝试过的,反对新的和未经尝试的吗?

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There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue.

也许没有一种现象比道德上的愤怒包含更多的破坏性情感,道德上的愤怒允许嫉妒,或者在美德的伪装下表现出来。

It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it's easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.

做一个自由主义者比做一个保守主义者难得多。为什么?因为向别人竖中指比伸出援助之手更容易。

Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.

领导是特别必要的,以确保随时接受不熟悉的和违反传统的东西。

The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things you absolutely and obviously cannot know.

当你把话题转向上帝的时候……你可以假装知道一些你绝对不可能知道的事情。

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

我喜欢将叙事故事作为一种传统的一部分,一种民间传统。

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

一个现代革命团体向电视台走去。

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.

这样一来,一些电影学校可能是毁灭性的。