In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.

  • -- Ezra Stiles 埃兹拉·斯泰尔斯

为了公正地对待人类社会,也许可以这样说,世界上几乎所有的政治和公民机构,无论多么不完善,都是以相当大的智慧建立和发展起来的。

相关名言

My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved.

我的婚姻?到目前为止一切都很好。但这是一段真实的婚姻——不完美,非常艰难。这一切都是关于人们在他们的生活中同时进化。我认为我们已经在情感上进化了。

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

人心藏着财宝,在隐密处,在隐密处,就是隐密处。那些思想、希望、梦想和快乐,一旦显露出来,它们的魅力就会被打破。

The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.

世界并不是不完美的,也不是沿着完美之路缓慢进化的。不,它每时每刻都是完美的,每一种罪都已经包含着恩典。

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

如果人权不能像保护我们喜欢的人一样保护我们不喜欢的人,那么它就不值得这个名字。